DTD (Drive Thru Difference)

Verse of the Day:

Acts 20:35

³⁵ In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Okay, do we have a story for you.  All summer long we have been saying that we want to do the ‘Drive Through Difference’ (KTIS talks about it all the time.  Pay for the food/drink/whatever of the person behind you in the drive through line.).  And today we realized that summer is almost over!  So we set out on a little shopping extravaganza with the plan to participate in the Drive Through Difference at some point in the day.  Our first plan was to pay for someone at Caribou Coffee. When we got to the actual place, we realized that not a lot of people were probably going to want coffee at 3:00 on a Monday afternoon, and there was literally nobody in line. So we moved on to McDonalds in Long Lake. We suspiciously parked hoping to sneak in before someone else in the drive thru, and FAILED two times. So we drove around the block and did it again – park and wait. Still nobody came. We decided that someone might call the cops for suspicious driving if we drove around the block AGAIN and waited in front of the drive thru, so we headed to Delano. Then we went to the McDonalds there, and right off the bat, Kristy whipped in front of a car (totally almost cut them off JUST so we could pay for them) and we ordered drinks that cost a whopping $2.14. Then we drove up and paid for our drinks, and told the man we wanted to pay for the car behind us as well. We also wrote a note that said ‘We think you’re great.  And God does too!  Enjoy your meal and pay it forward!’  We pulled up to get our drinks and could see the car behind us in our review mirror hand the man a bill and then the man give her the money back as well as our note.  Super cool.  Our hope is that it totally made that persons day and that they are able to see the love and grace of God through our good deed. 

So this kinda ties in with the verse for the day.  It is totally more blessed to give than to receive.  We literally stalked the drive thru just to get the chance to do it and  felt AWESOME after doing that good deed.  Through our good deeds and the thoughtful things that we do for others, we are imitating Jesus Christ. We are sharing the love that He shows us. It is true that it feels good to receive things – presents, hugs, free meals. So think of how great receiving those things from others makes YOU feel, and try being the one who gives them. You may just make someone’s day!

Pray: 

Lord, help me to live like You want me to live and be thankful for all the things that I have as well as be a giver of great things to others.  I know that it is much more blessed to give than to receive.  Help me to notice opportunities where I can show others Your love and grace.  Amen.

L&K