Change of Plans

"She's quick to assist anyone in need, reaches out to help the poor." Proverbs 31:20  The Message Bible

So my original thought was to go through Proverbs 31 thought by thought, in chronological order of course, but plans change.

Once when it was raining and I was dropping my daughter off at school there were two ladies walking across the parking lot from the bus stop to an office building, there is a group of people that do this regularly.  Anyways these two ladies were struggling under one umbrella and I heard almost audibly..."give her the umbrella.."  Me: "God that's my special umbrella that I got on vacation"  God: "Give her the umbrella"  Me: "I love that umbrella"  God: (there was silence)  Me: "oh fine then"  and I handed her my favorite special umbrella out the window.

Today on our way home I saw 7 Eleven from the left lane and it was of course on the right, so on impulse I asked B (my daughter) if she wanted a Slurpee...answer was of course yes.  We pull in and there was a couple sitting out front asking for change.  My first thought was to get inside without being noticed.  So we are inside and I am struggling on whether to buy them something or let it go.  More often then not they're addicts anyway...right?  So we get our Slurpees and rush back out to the car, again without being approached.  I sit in the parking lot and struggle to leave, so I went back in bought a sandwich, cup of fruit, and two waters.  I just kept hearing "when you give unto the least of these" over and over in my head.  So food and water bought, I sent B to the car and gave them the sack, without the receipt of course, and prayed that I had planted a seed that would benefit us in the coming months.

That's something a Proverb's wife/women would do right?