So today I ran across a good samaritan in wal-mart of all places. I was there picking up a few items and had both Austin and Mikayla with me. The trip was a success---aka---no crying from either of the kids. We proceeded to the checkout and after using my coupons and giftcard my balance came to $2.86 so I pulled out my debit card but for some odd reason their register wouldn't take it. No problem I'll just use my credit card---then I remembered that Craig still had it in his wallet. Now I knew this wasn't good. Maybe I have enough change--I pulled out the few quarters I had and knew that I wouldn't have enough. I started to feel my face turning red as I felt the "millions" of eyes staring at me all thinking "she must not of had enough money in her checking account". But quick to my rescue was a young lady behind me in line who said "I'll take care of the rest and slid her own debit card." I quickly went from being embarrased to being thankful that a stranger was so willing and so quick to come to my rescue.
Just writing down this experience made me reflect on the Savior. One day we will all stand before God to pay our debts and then we will realize that we will not have enough--that we will fall short of what is expected. But our Savior will be so quick and so willing to make up the difference because He loves us!! What a beautiful and precious blessing His atoning sacrifice is to all of us.
I am grateful that I was reminded of that today!
January 23, 2009
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4 comments:
Well said.
Nice post. Sorry that you had to be embarrassed. I had something similar happen before, but no one to bail me out. My credit card wouldn't work for some reason and I had no other form of payment. I had to leave all the bagged groceries there, tote the boys back home, and get another form of payment. I'm glad you had a "good samaritan." And this post actually goes right along with my sister Alison's post of "operative relevancy"- relating the Atonement to our daily experiences.
beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
"Ditto" on everything above. Great comparison to our own debts and who will pay the difference.
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