Glimpses of Good

Last week I was shown glimpses of goodness. Seeing a 75 plus year old man running the foothills with stamina. Making new friends for the whole family, kids and adults. A man working at Whole Foods putting out onions stopping to entertain a three year old boy by juggling onions. My three year old boy. A lady goes out of her way to contact Verizon and us to return the cell phone lost out of a pocket while running to get out of the hail.  Being given two coupons my a store employee to use on a purchase and told to keep my one for a more expensive item.

What's the big deal? Why do those acts stand out of the crowd so much? You see I have and maybe, almost have, lost my faith in the goodness of the majority of people. I've seen too much of the bad  without much counteracting of the good over the last decade.  Enough to let me lose, but not without reach, my youthful optimism.

It's as if with each act the Lord is reminding me that it's going to be okay. I have a new place to live and with terms I get to pick. Where I go to church and who I make friends. So here's to more glimpses of goodness to reinstate my youthful optimism that people ultimately want to do good in this fallen world.