Mario Hoefer is a senior wide receiver on the Charles City High School football team in Iowa. September 27th, the team played New Hampton High School. During the fourth quarter, Hoefer was running to high five his teammates, after a great play, when he noticed New Hampton junior Carter Steinlage grab his calf and drop down on the field with a leg cramp. He noted, “I saw him go down and I didn’t see anyone go over there to help him. I know how this feels and wanted to help him get through this cramp until someone came over. We’ve played each other for years now. It was more like a brotherly thing to help. ryan Bjorklund, head football coach for Charles City, praised Hoefer for his sportsmanship and character. He told the Globe Gazette, “People see true sincerity and that’s what he was doing there. He’s just a good dude and that’s what was coming out. It looks natural and pure, and that’s what it was.”
Selena, 81, lives in a small apartment over the hardware store in Bristol. Every Friday she takes Bus 12 to the grocery store. With her arthritis, it now takes more effort and time to walk up the hill on Maple Street to get home. One rainy Friday, James, 30, who works security at the hospital, noticed Selena and offered to carry her groceries home for her. Since she didn’t have an umbrella, he held his coat over her, to keep her somewhat dry. The next Friday, James again met Selena at the bus stop and carried her groceries. It became their weekly tradition. When she told James he didn’t need to carry her groceries he replied, “I know. But someone once did the same for my nan. She told me, ‘Kindness is a habit, not a favor.’ I’m just keeping the habit alive.” On Sundays, Selena began baking oat and raisin muffins and leaving them in a tin on her front step for James. When Stella had pneumonia and was in the hospital for ten days, she came home to flowers on her doorstep and a note taped to the door: “Welcome back, Selena. Your steps were missed at the bus stop. – James” Others also noticed James’ kindness to Selena. A woman began walking with her father on Fridays. A teenager carried groceries for elderly Mr. Ellis. The postman has even been seen waiting, if someone is struggling.
Oh, to have a right heart that responds in the right way at the right time. And just a reminder; you never know who is watching.
Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:14
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