TGM SPOTLIGHT - The Arms of Angels ...
About 3 weeks ago I was very (and I do mean very) late getting out of the house for work. My husband usually takes our daughter to daycare in the mornings but that morning he asked if I could take her. I agreed and ended up oversleeping about 1 hour. On my way to drop off my daughter, I passed a woman probably in her 40's walking with her 2 small children. They both had lunch bags and back packs and the mother was carrying her purse. I initially passed them but turned around. I went back and pulled next to them, I rolled down the back window so she could see I was with my daughter.
I asked if I could give them a ride, she reluctantly agreed. They climbed in and we did introductions. In our short car ride I found out about her not having a car, being a single mom with sporadic child support, but continuing to work, and the fact the bus ride in our area is VERY expensive. She ended up working down the street from my daughter's daycare and her kid’s daycare wasn't very far away either. Well, my heart just hurt for her, she is one of the working poor.
Okay fast forward 2 weeks, our family was going on vacation for a little over a week to Florida. So I decided since we weren't going to be at home eating food for that time, we could donate at least a weeks worth of food to a family that we do not normally sponsor. The family that I met 2 weeks earlier came to mind. So I loaded up the car with about 17 bags of groceries and went to her office. I did not want to embarrass her so I went inside first and asked to see her. She came to the door and it was obvious that she didn't recognize me. So I jogged her memory and told her of my intentions and asked if she would accept the items. She was absolutely speechless. All she could do was nod. I told her that I had all of the items in my truck and I would take her home with them if she needed. She said no, that someone in the office gave her a ride home and that we could just carry them into the office. She was just ecstatic; she said her kids were going to love me! She stood with tears in her eyes thanking me as I drove off. I told her that I would keep in touch! That was so invigorating!!
That day 2 weeks ago everything aligned just perfectly for me to meet this family... God knows exactly what He is doing!!
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