Monday, 16 June 2008

• A Stranger's Kindness

  from xinwei1711

  On the way home with two friends, Jon and Summer, I had to reverse my car out of a very crammed parking space. I reversed very VERY slowly while looking at my rear mirror and keeping an eye on the cars parked on both sides.

  Not until my car stopped moving did I realize that I'd already hit the car double parked behind me. When i saw that the OWNER of the car was there, I panicked. My mind went blank and I didn't kow what to do. Jon quickly went out of the car, checked out the damage, and talked to the owner.

  Man, I just sat there while feeling scared.

  I made myself get out of the car and face the consequences. I tried to be calm, but I just kept saying sorry countless times to the man while avoiding eye contact. I felt so, so, so, SO bad. I wished I could just bury myself into a hole.

  The man asked me how it'd happened. I gave a simple "Dunno," while thinking, "I'm the one who's supposed to ask questions, just tell me how much I'm supposed to pay." I kept looking at the scratch my car made on his car. It wasn't a big one, but it wasn't small either.

  Thank God my friends were there to help me talk. I'd feel so awkward without them. Summer was even called her dad and brother to ask them what we should do.

  Finally, the man said, "It wouldn't be fair to make you pay for the whole paint job cuz it'll cost around RM300 ($92) even though the scratch isn't that big." RM300?!
  
  "I'll tell you what," he continued, "Why not just pay me for a car wash, RM10 ($3)."

  I could hardly believe my ears. RM10? For that not-so-small scratch?

  I asked him, "Really?"

  "I'm sure."

  Oh my gosh, he was so nice!!! I calmly and quickly went to my car and paid him RM10. He told me to be more careful next time, I apologized to him a few times again and then went off.

  When I U-turned, I saw a girl lecturing the man and pointing at the car's scratch at the same time. Jon said she must be his girlfriend.

  Man, I felt really guilty. I should have offered to pay more. God bless you, wherever you are now, for being SO kind.

  After dropping off my friends, I just broke down and poured my heart out to God. I felt undeserving of that kindness for my mistake, but at the same time, overwhelmingly grateful for it.

  When I stopped at a red light, I noticed the bumper sticker of the car in front of me:

  "There is no other force in this world that is greater than GOD'S POWER."

  I couldn't help but smile at the comfort of God's control over everything.

  Where has God shown you grace lately?

   

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