Tonight when leaving a restaurant with my wife, I noticed a homeless man sitting just inside the door with all his belongings in a black garbage bag. The temperature outside was 9° and it's supposed to go below zero tonight. The manager approached him and asked if he wanted anything. He said, "I just want a cup of coffee and to get warm." She said "Yes, it is a cold night."
On an impulse I then did something I have never done before. I pulled a $10 bill from my wallet and gave it to the manager and said, "See to it that he gets a full meal."
As I turned to leave, the man asked me, "Are you Jesus Christ?"
All I could say was "I try to follow him."
If anyone ever reads this, I'd like to know how you would answer that question.
I have done exactly the same thing as you, but I know that I don't do it enough. I come nowhere near being like Christ, but I try, and my hope is that I will leave the world at least a little better when my time is over.
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