It is always a good idea to treat people with kindness. Why is that you ask? Well, for starters – you never know who you may be talking to. Hebrews 13:2 gives us the following instructions. “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”
Note 2 self: This scripture became real to me in 1986. I was in the Air Force at the time and was home on military leave. On this particular day, I had been approached by three panhandlers at separate times. I gave them all money. At this point, I was not interested in giving away any more money. So when the 4th panhandler approached me outside a restaurant that I was getting ready to enter, I thought to myself – “This bank is closed.” The man who approached was an old man who was clearly destitute. He said, ” Young man can you spare a $1.00?” I lied and told the man that I didn’t have any money. He looked at me and turned his head slightly to the right and asked again with a sincere voice, “Young man – are you sure don’t have any money that you can spare?” I looked at him and turned my head slightly to the right and said, “No, I don’t.” At that moment, I turned away from him and was about to go into the restaurant. As I turned the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “You know you have money, give that man $2.00.” So I turned back around, and the man was gone. The restaurant was on a broad commercial street. I had only turned away from the man for 2 seconds. There is absolutely no way that he could have ran, walked or drove away in that short a period of time. There was no one in the immediate area. The man simply vanished.
I was overwhelmed with guilt because I knew I was wrong. I thought, someday I would have to explain to God why I lied to one of His angels not once but twice. So, to the question – Do you know who you are talking to? I did not. Be careful my friends; you too may be in the company of angels.
Blessings to you all, my friends.
Daniel
The Note 2 Self Guy