"Where is my cane?" my husband queried as we got out of the car after grocery shopping. I helped him look for it, but it wasn't in the car or the trunk. Not again! Had we left it in a shopping cart while unloading?
The next morning Howard called Walmart to see if his cane had been turned in. It hadn't. We couldn't believe his favorite cane was lost again! He held on to my arm as needed until he could get to the store to buy a replacement.
He was due for a check-up at the doctor's office a couple of days later, and afterward we had to go to the pharmacy to get a prescription filled. "Do you sell canes?" I asked the pharmacy clerk, to which he answered, "There may be a few left back there," directing us to the handicapped accessibility area.
We checked and were soon examining and trying out different metal, adjustable canes. They were not too suitable, and quite expensive, too. Resignedly putting one in our cart, Howard said, "On second thought, let's go back to Lost and Found and ask once again if my cane might have been turned in."
We waited behind interminably slow customers, as they shifted positions while the attendants took care of refunds and returns. Finally it was our turn, and Howard asked if his cane might be there. After describing it to the clerk, she wordlessly headed to the back and came back with a shiny, highly-polished wooden cane! Our cane! Praise God! We quickly handed over the one from our cart that we would not be purchasing!
What if we had not gone back there? I thought of the scripture in the Bible that says in Matthew 7:7-8: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;
"For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."
A good object lesson for us, and a great scripture Jesus taught from "The Sermon on the Mount"!
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