Wonderful Thursday...this week gets a bonus

I have a pretty amazing and powerful story to tell everyone. Hubby and I took the kids to a local japanese/hibachi/american food buffett. They have fish to feed and sushi for hubby and I love their hibachi grill teriyaki sauce. We were seated near this elderly couple...mid 60's early 70's ish. The entire time they were next to us they were looking and over and whispering about us.

Our kids were mostly behaving but we wondered if maybe they were talking about The Toddler getting up and being put back in his seat. Maybe they were just commenting because we have four kids. Who knew.

Towards the end of their meal, just before they asked for their check, the elderly man asked Hubby if he could ask him a question, though he didn't want to 'be forward.'

Hubby said sure.

The old man said "Could I offer to pay for your meal?" 

He told the man thank you but that's okay, we're fine.

The man then tells Hubby "no God is moving us to pay for your meal and we want to listen to the word of God" (or something like that it was a loud restaurant). Hubby, not wanting to question how God moves people told the gentleman that he understood and if he'd like to pay than he could feel free.

They did so and the lady told me that they had just felt called to do so and that they had never done anything like this before. They complimented us on our children several times and asked us a few questions and graciously answered some of ours.

When they left they told us they would pray for us and for our children and we told them that we would do the same and thank you.

They also gave us a card with a scripture about finding Christs forgiveness ("Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" II Corinthian 5:17 NIV)

Its a jaded, cynical world we live in, well do I know (I am the Queen of Sarcasm and Cynicism) but this was such a shining example of people who walk in Christ reaching out to others and sharing the love that Christ has shown them that I HAD to share it, HAD to.