Random Acts of Kindness Tour: When God Walked With Me
My church gathers monthly for a Random Acts of Kindness Dinner where we share a donation and person is picked for the month to disperse the donation to random organizations or people. When we last gathered for the Random Acts of Kindness dinner, I honestly thought the hardest part would be deciding where the funds should go. I had $408. At first, I approached it like a project. I told myself I would plan it all out—decide who would receive what, map out the stops, and take care of everything efficiently. It felt manageable. Straightforward. Easy. Little did I know, God had other plans. From the beginning, I felt clear about one thing: I wanted a portion of the funds to go toward Christmas presents for the clients I work with at Road to Home. Road to Home is a transitional inpatient community, and many of the clients there live with very limited income and little to no family support. For many of them, holidays can feel especially quiet and overlooked. I wanted this to feel special for them.Not extravagant—just thoughtful.Not flashy—just full of care. So I started planning. I imagined myself driving around, stopping here and there, dropping off money and support. I thought the process would be smooth and predictable. And then something unexpected happened. One morning, while cleaning out a drawer in my kitchen, I came across a pair of hearing aids. They stopped me in my tracks. Six months earlier, Carol had given them to me. Her father no longer needed them, and she passed them along in case they might help someone else. I remember receiving them, setting them aside, and then—like so many things—we both moved on. I had completely forgotten they were there. Standing in my kitchen, holding those hearing aids, I felt it clearly: This wasn’t random.This was God walking with me. In that quiet moment, my neatly planned kindness tour shifted. What I thought was about distributing money suddenly became about paying attention—to what was already placed in my hands, to the needs around me, and to how God often works through forgotten drawers and unexpected moments.