Thou and I shall see him dine...
Rather than buy ourselves and our young adult children gifts this
Christmas, we decided to walk the walk. You know. That walk where you
stop indulging yourself with increasingly frivolous items and actually
reach out to help others not as fortunate.
We bought several Walmart gift cards with funds we would have used to
buy our gifts for one another and our kids. Then our daughter and
daughter-in-law (who is pregnant with twins, our 10th and 11th
grandchildren, so yes, we have more than enough blessings in our life),
Mr. Wilkinson and I went to our local Walmart yesterday, a beautiful
Sunday morning. Not quite knowing how to do what we wanted to do, just
praying we’d get it right and not embarrass anyone or get arrested. Our
girls decided on an approach, took the gift cards, and my husband and I
stood at a distance, ready to help if needed.
The girls walked along and watched the check-out lines, and when they
felt a tug at their kind hearts, they went up to people ready to check
out and asked,
“May I buy your groceries?”
The initial responses were ones of shock and disbelief...
(read on)
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