Posted on 07/27/2016 5:49:27 PM PDT by Leaning Right
After Tawny Nelson's car broke down at night in the pouring rain with her four young daughters crying in the back, countless people just drove by as she begged for help.
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At that moment, a 74-year-old man with a bad limp knocked on the window. He handed her a plate of food and bottles of water for her family and let her know that a tow truck was on its way and that his wife was going to drive them home. The next day, the gentleman returned to her house with a mechanic and they made multiple repairs to her car.
After the kind stranger left, Tawny asked the mechanic if she could set up a payment plan, but he informed her that the man had already taken care of the bill.
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The gentleman is a class act. Thank you for posting.
Wow. Great story. Great looking mom. Great looking kids.
For those who don’t believe in Angels...
I was driving in Ft. Walton Bch around 1979 when my car just went dead. I was on busy Eglin Parkway. Now I had money and even roadside assistance but still needed to get my car out of the traffic.
After about 5 minutes a car stopped and the driver got out and helped me push the car to the median. He then drove me to my Sister’s house where I called my insurance company.
The only guy to stop (actually probably others would have also stopped but he was the first) was a Korean Southern Baptist Preacher.
Last week we came upon a group of 7 or so Harley riders on the side of the road. The temp was about 98 or so with a heat index well over 100. We saw them on our way to lunch, and then on the way back an hour or so later.
We looked at each other and pulled into the next quickie mart and bought a dozen cold Gatorades. Drove back, stopped, and handed them over.
I wasn’t really looking for a kiss and hug from a sweaty biker chick, but got one. They offered money but we declined. Just asked that they pay it forward when they got the chance.
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Sounds like a righteous dude from a much more robust generation. I’m all tapped out on sympathy for single mothers, myself. I figure you sleep in the bed you have made.
What ever you do to the least among you, you do unto me.
Inside of thirty seconds a van pulled up behind me and a dozen teens spilled out. They asked if I needed help and I said yes. Three of the boys poked around under the hood, declared that it was beyond their skills and offered to call a tow truck.
While we were waiting for the truck to arrive they shared their sandwiches, pop and story with me. They were a local youth group and they had been having a prayer meeting when they were impressed that they were to get out and drive around until they found someone who needed help.
That someone apparently was me.
I confess that every time I have broken down on the side of the road (half a dozen times by now) it was every time a professed Christian which helped me on my way.
No wonder that they are a persecuted people.
I can’t even begin to remember how many people my husband has helped, flat tires, overheating, accidents, cars on fire, out of gas, stuck in the mud or snow. A lot of people offered to pay but he never let them but we have gotten some really nice Thank You notes.
That is awesome.
Beautiful. Thank you for helping restore our faith in decency and kindness, in these cynical and callous times.
I would love to see everyone do the right thing but in todays society it does not happen. I am guessing that there has always been an indifference to those that are in need. I myself have decided that when ever possible I will stop to help and see if the person is all right.
years ago I was that person in dire straits. I had decided to bike down the coast from Richland Washington to los angels I was just a kid only 20 at the time. I misjudged how often I would need water and ran out of water on the road between towns. I was sunburned and on my way to heat stroke when I was able to flag down a car and get a ride into town I was still 20 miles out from the closest source of water at the time. before that car stopped for me about 50 cars drove by with out stopping. if that car had not stooped I definitely would of had the heat stroke and might of even died. I am thankful to the kind stranger that stopped
“I’m all tapped out on sympathy for single mothers, myself. I figure you sleep in the bed you have made.”
A woman and her small children in distress at night and that’s all that comes to your mind? Wow, that’s mighty Christian of you, I salute your charity.
If she had a husband who happened to be out of town that night you would have sympathy for her, but because her domestic circumstances aren’t as propitious as you feel they should be you have no sympathy for her.
As a kid I was taught a story about a fellow called the good Samaritan, you might want to check it out, it’s a short but interesting tale, has a bit of relevance to this story too in many ways.
We can all take hope from the fact that America still has people like this.
Great story and a great lesson for how we are supposed to act.
Thanks for posting it! ‘Pod.
Thank you so much for the mid-week good news story. I know I am not alone when I say this is GREATLY appreciated. (As well as the beautiful soul that posted it.)
Bullchit. Yes it does. And sometimes from the damnedest places.
Being careful is OK. Being pessimistic is detrimental. d:^)
When my Grandmother was in her 80s she wrote a series of stories for the local paper. They were about her childhood in the late 1800s.
One was about her first trip to Geneva, Alabama by ox cart. I want go to into details but she and her sister encountered kind strangers time after time. A couple of times they were rescued, not from anything life threatening but still fairly serious problems.
I was really struck by how kind people were back then. I guess there still are some like that but not as many.
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