Posted by:
think4u
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Date: June 04, 2011 08:22PM
Col. Moroni was backing out of my driveway earlier today and a young man visiting his aunt across the street was backing up at the same time. You guessed it , a little fender bender. The Col.'s car was scratched a bit, no real damage, but this young man's car had a huge dent in it.
The police came, no tickets were given, each was left for the responsibility to take care of his own car.
I looked into this young man's eyes and they were red and I knew he was near tears, and I said "At least no one ran over a child, (Col. M's son was killed in a car accident at age 9) it is just a car and car's can be fixed."
Then he said the words that tore my heart out," But this was MY baby, it is my very first car and I paid cash for it, I just feel so bad and wish I would have been more careful." I gave him a little sideways hug, but my heart ached for him, because I know what it is like to be young and broke. He looked early 20's, and either had a young wife or girlfriend with him, definitely TBM's, and I know that his divorced aunt they were visiting and her teenagers are strict mormons.
I tried to make friends with his aunt when I first got divorced and moved here, but after three tries I gave up. The word gets around somehow that you have left the church and no one really talks to you. It is all about fear, we know that. ( As in "She is possessed by Satan ")
Well, I went back home across the street, and the Col. left to go golfing, and I just felt so bad for this kid. I soon found myself digging into my little stash of cash I keep around the house and took him over a hundred dollar bill. I just told him how sorry I was and that I wanted to help a little with the cost. He was so sweet, gracious, grateful.
The aunt looked a bit, well actually totally, shocked, as I do not think she thinks apostates would generally act in this way. With teary eyes he hugged me gently and must have thanked me at least 3 times. I was happy to be able to do some little thing.
I came home and went on line to see if there was any new mail. Yes, there was. My real estate agent in So. Cal. who has been in Hawaii for nearly a week now had emailed me that the lady from whom I am hopefully buying the little green house on the hill by the ocean had just called him and lowered the price another $4,000. We have not yet made a formal offer yet (since he has been on vacation) and she really wants me to buy her home (she knows I love it, and I did not expect her to come down more, but hey, that works for me!)
So you see, I have a perfect story for testimony meeting. I gave just a little and received 40 times my bread cast upon the water. 40 times. Is not 40 some kind of sacred number? Man, if I were TBM that is exactly what I would have been thinking and the story I would have been telling, probably in f and t meeting. How my perspective has changed!
The real truth, bros and sisters, is that God loves me and blessed me for having the courage to leave the mo church. haha. Like I said, he loves and blesses apostate moms.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/2011 08:29PM by think4u.