Helping others
I just saw the clip on the news (shown in the link above)
that shows the waitress receiving a $500 tip.
The last sentence the anchorwoman said was “She plans to share with her
co-workers.”
How many of us would share?
My daughter was in the food service industry for several
years. One night she had a party that
refused to leave at closing. She was there
until 1:00 A.M. after they left. A party
of 30 left a $10 tip. (This was before
restaurants began charging a mandatory amount for over 8 in a party.) She was a very good waitress. She normally raked in the tips. BUT, there were many times she came home
either mad or crying because of the verbal abuse she would receive from some of
the “Better than thou” customers.
My first thought when I heard the anchorwoman’s comment was “I
wouldn’t have”, but God quickly convicted my heart. It is my job as a Christian to reach out to
others even when I don’t have it. I can’t
judge what I do for others by what has been done to me. Look at what they did to God’s son, Jesus.
My family has been in need multiple times when no one reached
out; not even our Christian friends.
I even received a letter from my “Christian” blood family after my
husband died saying basically that my children and I were being disowned
because they didn’t feel they could help us when and if we needed it. My children’s father was a wonderful loving
father. Nothing had happened to justify
the treatment we received. Some people
that claim to be God’s children are hoarders.
This is not the lesson God
teaches us.
Praise almighty God that I have never had to turn to them
for anything for my children. I was
ineligible for government assistance since I worked, paid car payments and paid
house payments. Oh my, shame on me for
trying to be an upstanding citizen. There
was one woman, Mrs. Nadine Gaddy, she was the mother-in-law of my friend
Susan. Mrs. Nadine made sure I at least
had can goods for my family. She never
helped others for a pat on the back. She
did this from the goodness of her heart. She has since passed away and I truly
feel God had a special place waiting for her when her soul entered Heaven.
Matthew 25:
35 For I was
hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed
clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison
and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the
righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or
thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did
we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did
we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King
will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of
these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
I try to live by these verses. Of course, sometimes I fail, but God knows my heart.
©Betty Jean Bowers
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