I have to say that this whole RAOK thing is really generating some excitement in so many lives as well as mine. I have heard so many stories of how people are really touching the lives of others in their world. Just take some time and read some of the comments below. In church yesterday we learned that generosity has nothing to do with our money, possessions or our STUFF. It's all about the heart. I am seeing so many "heart's" at work in our church. People are getting there serve on in some amazing ways.
I know that we have all been waiting to hear how Richard is doing with the $50 bucks i entrusted to him to him. To live with it "wide open". I spoke with him yesterday and he handed me a piece of paper with a list of things he had done to show generosity to people around him. The list included: buying lunch for two students in line behind him. Buying a card showing his thanks to a woman of influence in his life. He bought some food for a homeless person. He paid for the food of some people behind him in line at a restaurant. I loved reading his list. Most of all though, the smile on his face as he handed me the paper was worth it all. I saw his "heart" shinning through. He was SO PROUD of himself. I am proud of him as well. What if RAOK was a way of life for us all? What if it wasn't an "event" or a card? We may be on to something here...................
Keep the comments coming. You are encouraging all of us in this SERVALUTION!!!!
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I am 36 years old and living a dream life! I have a wonderful family and a great church. I still cannot believe I live in Las Vegas!
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RAOK is not over.
One of the things that this RAOK stuff has taught me is that people desperately want to do these acts of kindness for people but that our culture has taught people that giving, randomly, is because of a hidden agenda. That you can't buy someone a cup of coffee unless you want something from them. A date, for them to purchase something, anything. Our society has killed kindness in lieu of quid pro quo.
So one morning this week I bought a chicken biscuit from McDonalds and put a RAOK card in the wrapper and then put it on one of my coworker's desk. She just moved here and doesn't know me or what Destiny is, but the RAOK card allowed me to bring a little something to her world.
Yesterday I went to Subway and a police officer stepped in line behind me. I ordered my sandwich and he ordered his. We get to the front of the line and I turned to him and said, "My church would like to buy you lunch." He was taken aback until I handed him the card.
He replied, "Well, you don't have to do that." I shook my head and smiled at him.
"I never said I had to, I want to." So I paid for his lunch and when I had finished getting my drink he was still standing there. He looked genuinely moved. He reached out to shake my hand and said, "Thanks."
"Thanks for what you do, officer."
I've seen the Henderson police out in force, lately, pulling people over for traffic offenses. I'd venture to bet he hasn't even had a kind word spoken to him this month, let alone a kind action.
The RAOK cards take away the agenda. They take away the "What do they want from me?" attitude. Some people are still too suspicious to even accept them but I believe what we're doing here is a societal change to give people a license to do what they should do.
Jesus Himself did this and he told us why and how. In His example, the law is our mirror, not our master. I now have a right to do what I can and must do. I hope that no one in our body loses the passion to see this kindness spread worldwide.
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