Renewed
Read: Luke 10:29-37
Everything certainly happens for a
reason. I finally got to Walmart about 15 minutes ago and was stoked
at the awesome parking spot I got! I realized upon nearly walking
into a glass entry door, that they had shut down that entrance for
the night, and I was in fact completely on the other side of the lot
from the door.
I decided to move my car closer for
safety, and as I sat down and was about to close my door, I heard
"Excuse me! Excuse me, miss." I looked behind me to see a
little old lady standing by her car with a full cart, looking
somewhat panicked. "I'm so sorry to bother you, it's just, this
thing won't work, it's broken, I can't get into my car. Even the
panic button. I can't get in."
She pointed to her fob. I got out
and walked to her car across the lane. She was nearly in tears. "I
just don't know what's going on and I can't get in, and my cell phone
battery is dead..." I talked to her and tried the fob to no
avail, so I offered for her to use my phone. She called her son
worriedly, who explained that there was a hidden internal key. She
didn't think there was even a keyhole since it was protected and she
had always used the fob, so I helped her manipulate the key and find
the keyhole.
You would have thought I had given
her a million dollars by how much appreciation she expressed. She
said I was her guardian angel. We got her car door opened up and I
helped her load her groceries into the back seat. As we did, she
reflected on how nervous she was, and how grateful. "You know,
maybe I shouldn't be out this late, my husband is in the hospital,
well he's doing better now, but I just went in for a garbage can and
I must have spent two hours and $120 in there." I laughed
because I can totally relate.
After she was all loaded up, I made
sure she was all squared away and told her to drive safely. She said
she'd drive slowly, and that I was her guardian angel again, and "if
there were blessings to be had I would be receiving them."
It's funny because yes, I did help
her, I think most people would have – but I promise that as
grateful as she was, I honestly feel like I received the largest
blessing through that interaction. Something about her just left a
mark on me. Can't really explain it, but it left me feeling renewed.
Jill Stelma
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