A Stranger in Need, a Compassionate Heart and the Amazing 'Coincidence' that Followed
Ben Lahood : Jan 26, 2021
God Reports
"My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it. 'That was me!'..."
(Georgia) — [GodReports.com] After dropping his family off at church, Chris Wright circled back to pick up a lady walking down the side of the road with a gas can that he had seen on his way to Sunday morning service. (Image: God Reports)
"She was down on her luck," Chris said on the Today Show. "She had only $ 5 in a purse and was worried about feeding her child. I filled her gas can and drove the woman back to her car. As I started to leave, I felt a nudge to give her what I had in my wallet $40."
The act of kindness toward TunDe Hector came at her neediest moment, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Three years later, Chris' mom suffered a life-threatening disease and was hospitalized. After days, she was released but needed a nurse's aide to monitor her at home.
The nurse's aide turned out to be the same woman he helped at the side of the road—TunDe. At first, Chris didn't recognize her and TunDe didn't recognize Chris because the day he popped by he was wearing sweatpants and a cap on backwards.
But they did get to talking, and TunDe found out that Chris attended Cornerstone Church in Athens, Georgia. That's when she brightened and recounted the story of how "a young man" from that church had performed an act of kindness to her three years earlier.
"My jaw dropped," Chris says." I couldn't believe it. I saw myself three years earlier being tugged to help a stranger."
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