A kindness repaid

Today's reading in Genesis chapter 24 is about a small kindness being repaid. Abraham's servant is on a mission to find a wife for Abraham's son, Isaac. He traveled back to Abraham's relatives but when he arrives at the outskirts of the city he prays a prayer. “Oh God I don’t know who you want to be Isaac’s wife, can you show me a sign? I am here by the watering well, when the young ladies come out to water their animals, I will ask for a drink and if she gives me a drink and then offers to water all of my camels (He had ten camels with him) then I will know she is the one you have chosen.” Quite a prayer! So while he was still praying this prayer, Rebekah came out and he asked her for a drink. I wonder what went through her mind right at that moment. She must have had the thought, “Go ahead and give this stranger a drink and hey, what the heck, go and water all of his ten camels.” That was the moment of decision. She could have brushed it off and thought, ‘No way, that is a lot of work.” But instead she went ahead and gave the man a drink and then offered to water all of his camels. She had no idea she was the answer to his prayer. As a result of her kindness, she was asked to be the wife of Abraham’s son, Isaac. She accepted and became part of the great heritage of the nation of Israel, part of Jesus lineage! A small kindness repaid. Never miss the opportunity to be a blessing to someone when you feel that urge. How do you know what the results might be, or what impact it might have on that person.