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  document.writeln("<span class=\"body\"><b><span class=\"headings2\"><span class=\"actsititle\">Acts of Kindness </span></span></b><br>");
  document.writeln("<span class=\"actsilinks\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.print()\">Print this page</a></span>");document.writeln("<br><div id='actsartcl1'>");document.writeln("<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif;\"><i>Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of");
document.writeln("you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.<sup>1</sup></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>");
document.writeln("<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">I read the following story about a hospice physician living");
document.writeln("in Denver, Colorado and how God used unexpected circumstances in his life to answer the prayer of another. It is a beautiful reminder of God at work, and I wanted to share it with you as well:</span></font></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif;\"></span><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\"I was driving home from a meeting this evening, got stuck in");
document.writeln("traffic, and the car died - I barely managed to coast into a gas station. At");
document.writeln("least I would not be blocking traffic and would have a spot to wait for the tow");
document.writeln("truck. Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the gas");
document.writeln("station mart, she slipped on some ice and fell, so I went to");
document.writeln("see if she was okay.</span></font></p><p style=\"background:white\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">When I got");
document.writeln("there, she was sobbing, but not from the fall. She was a young woman who looked");
document.writeln("overwhelmed with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped");
document.writeln("her up, and I picked it up to give it to her. It was a nickel.</span></font></p><p style=\"background:white\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">At that moment,");
document.writeln("everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the old suburban crammed");
document.writeln("full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump");
document.writeln("reading $4.95. I asked if she was okay, and she kept saying \"I don\'€™t want");
document.writeln("my kids to see me crying\". She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard");
document.writeln("for her right now. I asked, \"You were praying right?\" That made her");
document.writeln("back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy person and");
document.writeln("said, \"He heard you, and He sent me.\"</span></font></p><p style=\"background:white\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">I took out my");
document.writeln("card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her");
document.writeln("car, and while it was fueling, walked to McDonald\'€™s and bought 2 bags of food, gift");
document.writeln("certificates for more, and a cup of coffee. She gave the food to the kids in");
document.writeln("the car, who devoured it, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a");
document.writeln("little.</span></font></p><p style=\"background:white\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"></span><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">She lived in");
document.writeln("Kansas City. Her spouse had left 2 months ago, and she had not been able to");
document.writeln("make ends meet. She knew she would not have money to pay rent on the first, and in");
document.writeln("desperation, called her parents, with whom she had not spoken in about 5 years.");
document.writeln("They lived in California and said she could come live with them until she got");
document.writeln("on her feet.</span></font></p>");
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document.writeln("color:#0A0A0A\">I gave her my gloves and said a quick prayer with her for safety");
document.writeln("on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, \"So, are you like");
document.writeln("an angel or something?\"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>");
document.writeln("<p style=\"background:white\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;");
document.writeln("color:#0A0A0A\">With tears in my eyes I said, \"Angels are really busy, so");
document.writeln("sometimes God uses regular people.\" When I got in my car it started right");
document.writeln("away and got me home with no problem.<sup>2</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>");
document.writeln("<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif;\">Suggested prayer: Lord, use me to be part of your greater");
document.writeln("plan. Help me be aware of \"God moments\", even when it causes an");
document.writeln("interruption in my plans. Your ways are always greater than mine. Use me to bless");
document.writeln("someone today. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>");
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document.writeln("<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif;\">Today\'€™s Encounter was written by: Crystal B. </span></font><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:");
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