How is your February going? Ours has been all over the place - but this morning was a total treasure. One of my girls and I went to mass, it was pouring rain. We are not Catholic, but I attended Catholic school growing up and find the mass to be so peaceful and beautiful. So one morning (ish) a week one of my girls and I pack ourselves off to mass.
Anyhow, this morning my girl and I headed to mass in a total downpour. We arrived and were only there for about ten minutes when I realized this was going to be a morning that we needed to leave due to medical issues. So we packed up her chair and we headed back to the car. In walking was a beautiful lady, with a big smile on her face. She offered me the use of her umbrella, I declined. I did not want her to have to stand in the rain and wait on me and I did not want to make her late(r) for the mass. But guess what? She followed me and put her umbrella over my head (probably getting wet herself), stood there while I was helping my girl into the car, walked around to behind the car with me and held the umbrella over me while I loaded her chair into the car, and then walked me to the driver's side. We exchanged names and she hugged me - the kind of hug that just lets you know you are loved, and then said she really hoped we had a better day today. I was so incredibly touched that she inconvenienced herself to bless us.
I got in the car and I told my daughter - that is a great example of Christ's love in action. God very much wants us to be His feet and hands in the world, He sent His Son as a tiny baby to serve us, to save us, to draw us closer to Him. He has called us to serve others, I am so thankful that He gave me such a beautiful picture of that today.
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