A touching story, worth reading... we need to remind ourselves,
that we
need to show compassion and humanity. And never forget a
prayer.
A poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked
into a
grocery store.
She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and
asked
if he would let her charge a few groceries.
She softly explained that her husband was unable to work, they had
seven
children and they needed food.
John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she
leave
his store. Visualizing the family needs, she said:
"Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I
can."
John told her he could not give her credit, as she did not have a
charge
account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the
conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told
the
grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her
family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery
list?"
Louise replied, "Yes sir."
"O.K." he said, "put your grocery list on the scales and whatever
your
grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in
groceries."
Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into
her
purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on
it.
She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her
head
still bowed.
The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the
scales
went down and stayed down. The grocer, staring at the scales,
turned
slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it."
The
customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on
the
other side of the scales.
The scale did not balance. So he continued to put more and
more
groceries and them until the scales would hold no more.
The grocer stood there in utter disgust.
Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked
at it
with greater amazement.
It was not a grocery list. It was a prayer which said:
"Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your
hands".
The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood
in
stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The
customer
handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said:
"It was worth every penny of it." Only God Knows how much a
prayer
weighs.
