I stumbled upon this earlier this week while browsing around the web with my mouse hand, while my headphone ear diligently listened to a conference call.
Unemployed D.C. man giving money away to strangers to help foster kindness
I was immediately blown away, and inspired at the same time! This guy had lost his job, yet he is out giving $10 away a day – to complete strangers. He also has been blogging about his encounters here. This blog is definitely worth a gander as he retells of his encounters each day. Its confusing. its a little mind boggling. He should be saving everything he has correct? Unfortunately, that’s the way we usually look at things like this. But really imagine if we all took approaches like this. I have taught many classes on this concept from Luke:
Luke 6:38 (New International Version)
38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
But this at times is a hard concept to implement. Yes, Ray its not all about money ( sorry that’s a little inside joke to my friend Ray), its about giving and trusting. I am impressed with Reed Sandridge. I am inspired by him and I hope to learn from him.
Today, give. Give because it helps others. (and as I blogged about two weeks ago, that’s good and catchy!) Give knowing that it will come back to you in ways that you will never ever expect.