Not for Media Literacy, But For Jesus Literacy

It's truly amazing to me, sometimes.
The absolute sincerity and love people have in their hearts.
It's a profound sort of notion these days, that anyone can have compassion for someone else, especially if that "someone else" is a complete stranger.

But tonight at work as a cashier at Wal-Mart, I observed something that shocked me.
Two women, middle-aged.
A baby in a carseat in the shopping cart.
I am almost finished with their order when one of the women notices she's gone way over the amount of money she actually had with her.
She begins asking me to take some of the baby food out of the bag to void it from her purchase.
I comply, feeling awfully sorry for the baby, who'd apparently been having health issues as well.
And now she wasn't going to be fed.

There was a man standing next in line, about twenty-years-old.
He couldn't help overhearing the issue or observing the process as I voided tiny cans of smashed peas and carrots.
He turns to the women and gains their attention, "Hey, are you guys just short a couple of bucks?"
They just stare at him, English not having been their first language apparently -- but I think they were dumbfounded by the question itself, too.
"I'll cover whatever you can't."

I'm sure they couldn't help notice my jaw drop.
A complete and utter stranger.
Offering to help.
Financially.
In a time where finances are seriously scaring people.

As the women finally catch-on to what the man has said, they look at me just as dumbfounded as I'm sure I looked at them.
They thank the man again and again, who simply says, "I don't want her to go hungry."

In the words of Sara Evans, "These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive."

Incredible.
It honestly gives me such hope in humanity, something I've come to lose recently.

I love it. I truly love it.

People should do this more often.
Instead of being so focused on ourselves, we should think more of the needs of others.
Selflessly give and expect absolutely nothing in return.
Give something that means so much to us for the sake of others.
Sacrifice.
You know, like God did?
You know, like Jesus did?
That's what I call faith in action.
Amazing.

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