Goodness and Kindness are Inseparable

My husband had already left for work and my daughter was in town at practice. I had food in the oven just minutes away from being done when I stepped outside to put something in the car. My heart sank when I realized the door locked behind me and my house keys were inside.

I was glad I had my car key, though, and high tailed it into town to get Leah's house key. I was so thankful to get it and hoped to speed back home without obstacles. The persistent thought I'd had earlier that I hadn't had a chance to spread any goodness this day hit me again. I determined I'd do better tomorrow.

As I neared the on ramp to the highway, I saw a homeless woman on the side of the road, near the intersection. I zoomed past, and God stirred my heart. I thought of what must be burning in the oven by this time, but knew I had to turn around and get back to her.

It took a while because I had to maneuver through a construction and underpasses, but I got to the stop sign near where I'd seen her. I dug into my purse and found a bill larger than what I'd intended to give, but this wasn't about my intentions any more.

She was already trudging away with her backpack and I had to turn down another street to get to her. I was able to pull right up to her and get my window down before she got any farther down the road. She squinted through the open window and as I handed her the money and looked her in the eye, her sunburned face crinkled into a toothless smile. "Thank you," she said. "Thank you!"

She looked down for a moment, then up again, her blue eyes centering directly on mine. Softly, she added, "And thank you for looking me in the eye. To be counted as a person means more to me than you know."

We shared a little more with each other before parting.

When I got home, the food in the oven was not burned at all, but cooked perfectly, although I had been gone over 20 minutes.

Spreading goodness is the only way we are going to change things in this world. God prompted me to do that because I would not have done it on my own. While touching one person may not immediately change the world, I know that if each of us purpose to release goodness every day, we can make a difference.

Goodness spreads and multiplies while negativity’s spreading produces division and subtraction. Let’s purpose to be Multipliers