JUST SMILE

A poor destitute man stood on the divider at the traffic light.
He held a sign "just smile."
I found there were tears in my eyes.

The clerk who handles returns was struggling to figure out my refund.
It took a very long time to straighten the paper work out.
It turned out I was at the wrong store.
I sighed. 

She said, "There's a reason for everything"

I said, "Yes... so I could meet you."

She told me a story:
Her daughter's boyfriend kept trying to rush her daughter through a check out line at the supermarket.
But she couldn't go any faster...stuck in line.
Just then drunken teenagers crashed through the front glass of the store in their car out of control.
If her daughter had been able to rush through the line she would have been killed.

I told her, "Yes... if it has your name on it, you cannot avoid it,
if it is not for you then there is no danger for you."

She said, "Yes. We know and the Lord is not knocking on our door anymore.
He is knocking on the doors of the nonbelievers."

I said, "They think they will find some enjoyment in the temporary things."
I found there were tears in my eyes.