I bought a homeless woman a pastry this morning. Her name is Martha. Please don’t give me accolades, just do something like this today for someone that needs some extra love.
We struck up a conversation because she didn’t know which shoulder to throw salt over because it’s going to be a full moon, she informed me.
“It’s cold out there, “I said. She said, “But I’ve seen daffodils!”
Daffodils? I hadn’t even been looking for them yet.
Sometimes we need to take our phones and other electronics away for a while. I did and engaged in a conversation. If you do that, you might actually see “the man in the mirror” or “the woman in the back of the coffee shop”.
Connect
Start a conversation.
Could it make your pocketbook $3.50 poorer? Yup Could it enrich your life? Well, mine was today.
But more important than your pocketbook is your heart. After bringing her to the counter and letting her pick a pastry, my heart felt good. And who knows…. Maybe Jesus is also enjoying that frangipane tart. He did say, “When you’ve done this unto the least of these, you’ve done it unto me” right?
As I left the store, I asked Martha if I could take her picture with me, and that’s who you see pictured here. Martha told me she didn’t have one of those “fancy phones”. And I told her that I normally couldn’t work it without one of my boys helping me. But today, we made it work.
Friends, meet Martha….