A young mom stood in line ahead of me at the grocery store. Her two children were ready to go home for lunch, and she said she was ready to go, too. She reached into her purse - first casually with one hand, then frantically with two hands. She had left her wallet at home.
She looked up at the cashier and sighed, "I'm so sorry..."
She apologized at least ten times while putting the items back into the cart. She then left her cart by the door, so she could go home for her wallet.
You might be wondering, why didn't anyone just offer to pay for her groceries? The funny thing is - we all did. One after another, the customers in line offered to pay for the young mom's modest assortment of groceries. The cashier offered to pay the bill. Even the store manager offered to let this mother (a regular customer, apparently) pay him for the groceries at her next trip to the store.
She refused us all.
I totally understood her decision. I wouldn't want to take money from others unnecessarily. If I took groceries on credit from a manager, I wouldn't be able to think or do much of anything until I got to go back to the store to pay. Still, I was sorry that she wouldn't take any of the help that was offered to her. She was determined to handle the situation on her own.
Her actions made me think about our actions toward the Lord. He offers us infinitely more than we receive from Him each day.
Psalm 103:2-5 lists a few of His benefits, "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."
It's not an exhaustive list, but just in these verses, God has offered so very much to us.
Forgiveness.
Healing.
Redemption.
A Crown of steadfast love and mercy.
Satisfaction.
We can walk away like the mom in the grocery store. Better yet, we can humbly receive all the Lord gloriously offers.
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