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Story 4
You never know, yet sometimes you do!!
This is a story about the Power of Our Lord’s Love, even when we do not know that it ever happened.

Life is one big spider web, the slightest touch is felt throughout the entire web. It is called ‘The Ripple Effect’, each one of us create our own ripples with the choices we make everyday. Most of the time we have no idea the results of our conscious or unconscious choices/actions. I would like to share one of those rare times when I actually found out the result.

It was late when I finally arrived at the hotel, and I really was looking forward to a hot shower and rest. When I got to the check in desk I noticed tears in the eyes of a young, but very overweight, woman who said, “Hello, my name is Mary, may I help you?” I told her my name. At this point I said one of the dumbest things in my life “Hey, didn’t I see you last year in the Miss America Contest?” Well, she smiled and said “No, but I needed a good laugh.” As I got on the elevator I waved to her and said, “You do have a Miss America Smile.”

The next night, as I was preparing for bed, I receive a call from this same woman at the front desk. Mary asked if I would mind coming down to the lobby to meet her father. I thought that this was an odd request, however I said OK. When I got off the elevator I was met with a hug from a man I had never met, and all he kept saying was “Bless you my son.” Then Mary came over and started hugging me, too. After all the hugging and tears, they explained the reason for their joy. About 30 minutes before I checked in the previous night, Mary had asked the Lord to give her a sign that her life really mattered. She had been planning (for over 2 weeks) on committing suicide after she left the hotel that night. Of course, I was startled by these words, but why tell me? Mary said, that when I made the remark about her smile, she felt it was a sign from the Lord showing that her life did make a difference. Then Mary’s father said, “I had to thank the man who saved my daughter’s life.” I said, “No, She saved mine.”

For the past year, I had been slowly becoming more and more depressed. I kept feeling that I was not making a difference in the world. I had prayed that the Lord would give me a sign to show me that I still could be an agent for his Love. The Lord chose Mary, as he had done 2,000 years ago, to remind me that each of us do make a difference, no matter how small it might be. Most of the time, we will never know the effect a simple gesture, a simple deed, or a simple smile, has on another person’s life. Yet, sometimes you do!!

The Majesty of our Lord’s love lives truly in the small details of our everyday life.
Thank God!!

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