Reap What you Sow

I have been waiting for the right time to share this story. One morning, I was standing in line at the supermarket. A lady was in front of me with a cart of items. She forgot something and went to get it. While she was gone I pushed her cart forward until she returned.

She paid for her items and asked the cashier for singles. She needed singles to take the bus, but the cashier didn't have any to spare. Since I had two singles, I gave them to her.

This is where the story gets good.

Tanya and I drove to Orlando that afternoon to watch the school's basketball team play in a tournament. Thanks to the direction on my iphone, we wound up at the back of the arena. As I parked the car and looked for an entrance, I noticed a gentleman holding open a door and talking on his cell phone. I asked if this was the entrance and he said no, but he would hold the door for me.

We gathered our belongings and entered through the door. The gentleman was actually one of the referees for our game. As we walked with him, he told the other refs that we were his guests. Remember...we don't know him and he simply allowed us to enter with him.

This is where the story get great.

We went to the bleachers and watched the game. Half way through the game, I gentleman came to Tanya and I to ask if we wanted two tickets for the VIP/hospitality room. Thanks to him, we didn't have to buy dinner that night, because the hospitality room provided food.

Oh...the following game, two days later...we got in free again.

I'm not saying that my giving that lady $2 dollars is the reason we got the red carpet treatment, but I'm also not saying that it didn't. Those $2 saved us about $40.

According to Pastor Troy at Flamingo Road Church, when you have entered into a covenant with God, you have put on the God-jersey and belong to his team. I want to talk all the team members who took great care of Tanya and I.

As my cousin Allan Rashford says, "keep the fire burning."