God sometimes winks at you. You never know what might happen day to day. There’s good days and bad days. Don’t let the bad days change you. Keep doing good. The world needs it. “God is good all the time. All the time, God is good.” I was blessed today far more than I could expect and I give God the praise. Couldn’t be more thankful and it surprised my wife too. We had tornado “winds” rip through our area last month and they did a lot of damage. Our houses were fine, but our property was really a mess. Big trees just snapped in half. Tree branches everywhere. Lots of really huge branches. I have close to five acres of rolling hills to mow and have been using the old “bear” mower that was a gift from my wife’s in-laws and it has needed several repairs, which taught me how to fix things myself. It’s been a great mower, cutting down and clearing a lot of our property. It’s old and nearing the end. This storm caught me by surprise and I had not mowed the grass yet. So there were acres that grew fast and were out of control again. Several feet tall and thick. My mower was cutting through it but it wasn’t easy. I had to keep taking breaks to keep it running and not wear out the motor. I figured it would just take me about a month to finish everything because my days are really busy with lots of other things. My plan was to use this old tractor mower till the end of the season and then look to buy a zero turn in the winter, when they might be a little cheaper. Then out of the blue, my neighbor texts me and asks me if I’m still looking for a mower. He has two and is willing to sell me the extra one he doesn’t need. It’s less than three years old. A zero turn Cub Cadet and was $4200 when he bought it. He told me he would sell it to me for $2500 and I could make payments and he wasn’t concerned at all about how much the payments were and when it got paid off. And he said if I couldn’t make a payment on any given month, to not worry about it. What a gift. Praise God! I share this because I learned something many years ago and it was something my parents taught me. Always be kind to people. Help them when you can. The reason why my neighbor wanted to sell me his mower, was because every time he needed help with anything, including fixing something on his mower, I dropped everything and went and helped him. He’s old school Kentucky. In his 80’s and lived here his whole life. Even though we were outsiders from Texas, in this close knit rural community, he welcomed us. We bought our property at an auction and built our house and turned it into a beautiful property with a nice fishing pond too. The farmer who used to live on this property had passed away and the family split it into parcels and auctioned it off. We got two parcels and that farmer was our neighbor’s best friend. He told me several times, that his old friend would have been proud of what we’ve done to his property. It’s like that old movie Pay it Forward. Help people and treat them good and then watch and see how God will bless you. His timing is ALWAYS perfect.