Whenever an opportunity presents itself to do good for anyone, let's do it [or, work for everyone's good]."
*Galatians 6.10, Christian Bible
Doing good for one is done for all. Doing good for all is done for one.
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On a cold winter day, a 10-year-old boy stood barefoot in front of a shoe store. He kept looking through the window, shivering with cold. A woman approached and asked him what he was doing. "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," said the boy.
The woman led him into the store. She asked the clerk to get a half dozen pairs of socks for the boy and requested a basin of water and a towel. He brought them.
The woman took the boy to the back part of the store, knelt, washed his feet, and dried them. The clerk had returned with the socks. She placed a pair on the boy's feet. Then, she bought him some shoes. Tying up the remaining socks, she gave them to him. She patted him on the head, asking, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?"
The kind woman turned to go, and the astonished lad caught her hand. Looking at her, he asked, "Are you God's wife?"
You are the answer to someone's prayer. Who has been the answer to your prayer?
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*(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2023. Permission given to use photographs and writings with credit given to copyright owner.
*Brian's book is An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love. The book is a collection of poems Brian wrote based on wisdom traditions, predominantly Christian, Buddhist, and Sufi, with extensive notes on the poetry's teachings and imagery.
