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By Maxie Heppell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love means following His commandments, and His unifying commandment<\/em>
is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard,<\/em>
and nothing has changed. \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 John 1: 6 The Message<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another weekend, another unfamiliar hotel room. The melancholy threatens to bounce from the closet, and I intentionally go looking for nice things from my week to stop the tears from spilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was this one day. It was not a good day, nor a bad one. It was just another day. Until I took a wide turn at Tesco and gave a beautiful black Golf\u2019s mudguard a smidgeon of complimenting colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that day, that ordinary day, I had a choice. It was not a flesh wound, just a few scratches. The owner would not have even picked it up most likely. I could have left it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But years ago, I sort of struck a deal with the Lord: If I always speak the truth, will You please work it out so that the punishment is not too severe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And again, as every other time, He came through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went into the store and asked the lady behind the intercom to please call the owner of so-and-so. A few minutes later, a woman about 10 years older than me came up to me, her face not giving away a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I immediately said I was sorry and that it was all my fault and that she should please walk with me to have a look at the damage to her car. Her reaction? Not what I had expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She barely glanced at her own and then looked over at my car and asked if I had seen that I had some damage too? In my panic, I didn\u2019t even think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We exchanged numbers and took some photos, but she assured me that she would not take it any further – it really was not that bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a good day after all. Me and the Lord’s deal was still intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that evening I sent her another thank you for being so kind about the whole thing. To which she replied: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u2026my faith in human nature has been restored.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And my heart folds in on itself. How humbling when you realize it was never about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I did not need another lesson in truth-telling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe that woman needed to believe again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your inspiration for the week: Prophet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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