Good morning and happy Tuesday. I was just reading about a homeless man who had a diamond ring dropped in his cup by mistake. He held on to it until the lady returned to get it. At this point this story could go in a number of ways. Stop right now and think about how you think it goes. Yes it goes good, he returned the ring and then it got better. The lady's husband set up a fund for him and the wife helped him connect to a long lost sister in Texas who has brought him to live with her. Perfect ending to a perfectly wonderful story. Very worthy of the headlines it received. Here's what got me the most. When asked about his fortune and the way things turned out he said this, "What has the world come to when a person returns something that doesn't belong to them and all of this happens?" Now ponder that along with how you thought this story would go. If you saw him returning the ring and that's all, you saw the world as it should be really. If you saw him return the ring and then all the good stuff follows his good deed, you're seeing as the world does. This man had been in this state for nearly twenty years and he expected nothing for doing the right thing. He got it. He knows how it should be. He's blown away by how this is such a big deal in the eyes of others. Not taking away from the gratitude of the people who lost the ring. They are blessed and became a blessing. That's also how God wants us to be. The people directly involved are not who he is talking about. It's the media attention and exposure by others who think this is a huge deal. It's our perspective in things and for Christians its about us seeing through God's eyes, not the worlds. How great this would have been for everyone if no one knew about it, at least to the extent it got. A small light in dark room is seen by all. A bright light in small room is blinding. Think of all the big rooms we're in. Just be a small light of Jesus and see if the world isn't attracted to Him. Jesus taught us the simple things of life because they are the most powerful ways to reach some someone. This little light of mine, you know the rest. In love always. <><