The good Wal~maritan

Working at Wal~Mart brings many characters, and sad to say a lot of them aren't the best of characters. One lady, however did something that really stuck out to me.

     While on the register, an elderly lady came up with three items. She looked to be having trouble in her life, and the lady behind her could probably tell as well. As I was ringing up these few items for this lady, she had told me that she only had 3 dollars. As I was ringing up the items, the amount crept up way too fast. After two of the three items, the price was already to her limit. I then proceeded to tell her the total of the two items, to which she pulled out one crinkled up dollar bill, which held some loose change.
     As she counted out the change, she handed me the wad of money and humbly asked, "is this enough?" I humbly took the bundle and counted out the change. I told her it was enough for the two items, but the last item (a big bag of frozen green beans), was too much. That is when the lady behind her really stood out to me.
     As I was pulling the bag away, the other lady said that she would pay for the bag of beans. The appreciation this elderly lady had was overwhelming. She constantly said thank you, and just had a pure sense of gratitude. I will never forget the overwhelming joy this simple act of kindness had given to this elderly lady.

     As I was then reading my scriptures one morning, later on through the week, I came across a scripture that reminded me of this act of kindness. It is in Jacob, chapter 2: 18-19 (was a scripture mastery last time I checked).
      "But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.
       And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good-to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted."
     I don't have the scripture right in front of me, but also remember the story of the good Samaritan. How he helped out his enemy (their countries were pretty much at war at the time if I'm remembering correctly), and truly gave of himself to the point where he had magnified his service.

      When it all comes down to it, this lady just really stood out to me. It wasn't much, just a 2 dollar thing of frozen beans, but this meant the world to this other lady, and I will never forget the joy in her eyes. May we always remember the love of Christ, and how he helped out the sick and needy. It doesn't have to be much, we don't have to heal a leper or anything like that, just look out for opportunities like this. I promise everyone reading this that as we strive to be more Christ like in this way that our joy will overflow, that we will be more grateful for that which we do have, and more willing to help others in need. Remember always that when we are in the service of our fellow beings, we are in the service of our God (Mosiah 2:17). I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

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