In the book, "Finding Hope Again," Roy Fairchild told how he had come to Vienna
after a two-week illness in a small Austrian village. He had spent most of his
money on medical costs and his last cent to take a train to Vienna to try and
find his friends he had been traveling with.
As he was standing in one of the street car stations in the centre of the city,
tired, hungry and discouraged a little old wrinkled lady, one of the ladies
whose job was to sweep out the station, came to him and asked him if he were
hungry.
Before he could answer she took her own lunch from a brown paper bag and offered
him half of it. He said he was so moved by her action that he has never
forgotten her face or her kindness and the sparkle in her eye.
They talked for more than an hour about her life. She was raised in the country
on a farm knowing only hard work. Since then she had lost her husband and two
sons in the Resistance. Only her daughter had survived but she said that she was
very thankful for many things.
When asking her why she offered him half her lunch the lady simply said, "Jesu
ist mein Herr. Gott ist gut (Jesus is my Lord. God is good)".
This story reminds me of one of my favourite hymns written by Kate B. Wilkinson:
May the mind of Christ, my Saviour,
Live in me from day to day,
By his love and pow'r controlling
All I do and say.
May his beauty rest upon me
As I seek the lost to win,
And may they forget the channel,
Seeing only him.
By Dick Innes, Daily Encounter
www.actsweb.org/detoday . Used by permission.
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