A recent testimony I read: An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering With cold. A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!' 'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,' was the boy's reply. The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel. By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks.. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now..' As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her: 'Are you God's wife?' Safe Under Our Lady's Mantle!
True charity, to think not only of the shoes, but washing the feet, to think not only of socks but two pairs. Truly going the extra mile. Love makes a true heart really thoughtful. I watched one of the supervisors struggling with some heavy trolleys the other day full of medical notes. Another lady jumped up and helped her. It occurred to me I could have watched her till the end of time and it would never occurred to me to help. Lord keep reminding me to not only buy shoes, but to wash feet , not only to buy socks but to buy an extra pair.
