A dear friend of mine, we’ll call her “Dee”, took one of her dogs to a new veterinarian. While in the waiting room, a large man entered with a box of puppies. She describes this man as tall in stature, like John Coffey from the film The Green Mile. His pit bull puppies were in bad condition, gnawed ears and tails. The mother had been killed by a car. One of the rooms had been contaminated with parvovirus, a deadly disease of dogs. Dee was asked to sit in the waiting room. The man with the puppies attempted to come out into the waiting room as well, and Dee, whose dog had not been vaccinated for parvo, told him to wait until she moved, a gesture in which he took as racist action. He immediately took offense and belittled Dee with choice language and told her his money was as good as hers, again adding explicit language and catching everyone’s attention. Dee paid for her visit, but at that moment she said she felt overcome by Christ and also wrote a blank check to pay for the impolite man. The woman behind the counter stood amazed and said, “After all he said to you?”
Dee did not know the direct impact her action of forgiveness had until weeks later when she received a letter in the mail:
“I don’t know your name, but we met not on the best of terms. I don’t know why GOD put you in my pathway, but now I want to say thank you for the GIFT from you to me and my puppies. They are doing fine now and maybe one day our paths will cross again. Thanks again. Signed, with love and peace.”
Heavenly Father: Help us to travel our pathways and give the gift of forgiveness that you grant us. Amen.
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