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[All day event] CHARITY can be a great moment wrapped in a small one
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- "I do not call you servants any longer... Instead, I call y ou friends." ~ John 15:15
I used to drive a cab for a living. It was a cowboy's life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn't realize was that it could also be a ministry. One night, I responded to a call. When no one responded to my horn, I rang the doorbell. A small woma n in her 80s came to the door. She took my arm and we walked slowly to the cab. She dept thanking me for my kindness, and asked, "Can you drive thro ugh downtown?"
"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly. "Oh , I'm in no hurry, " she said, "I'm on my way to a hospice." I looked in the rear view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. "The doctor says I don't h ave very long." I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. "What route would you like me to take?" I asked.
We drove through the neighborho od where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow at a corner and she would...
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