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Jim Martin, from A Place for the God Hungry, links today to what I think is a very important look at how one person can make a difference. Funny thing is, the person making the difference doesn't necessarily have to be the "apparent" one in need. Sometimes we forget and the needy one reminds us of how blessed we really are.

UNIVERSITY PARK – If it is possible to experience God’s grace in the produce section at Tom Thumb, then it surely happened when Deanna Charles asked a stock boy if the store would donate snacks for her daughter’s school band practice.

For weeks after that, the stocker, Bol Malual, personally delivered fruit to Highland Park High School. But when Charles happened to see him paying a co-worker in the checkout line one day, she realized there had been a cosmic misunderstanding.

“I just lost it,” Charles said. “I was mortified and said, ‘Oh my gosh, Bol, have you been donating this fruit all this time?’ “

He smiled and said, “Yes, but Mrs. Deanna I want to; I really want to help the kids.”

Read the rest of the article here.