A netizen shared on Facebook an inspiring story of how strangers paid for their family’s dinner because they were “not ashamed of their faith.”
Karl Alain Arante posted the following on Facebook:
GOD BLESSED OUR DINNER TONIGHT!!!! We were so happy for a free dinner..
Me, my wife and my mom were deciding so hard on what to order on meals from the menu so we could save.. Ang dami kasi namin.. And suddenly came up with a meal that would let us save for about 500 pesos.. When our orders were served on the table, we asked my wife to lead the prayer aloud so the persons from the other edge of the table could hear the prayer..
My wife thanked God for a lot of things na napahaba yung prayer nya.. I was thinking, gutom na ako!!! Ok na yan!!! And after she prayed, I told her, “Why is it too long??” with a joking tone.. Haha my wife just answered “I was just thankful”.. Then we continued and enjoyed the meal.. When I saw a man (foreigner) going to 1 of the supervisor near the cashier and I said to my wife, mag babayad siya e bakit siya talaga yung pumunta sa cashier?? My wife just answered, baka hindi sya pinapansin ng waiter.. When the man came back to his table, I realized, the waiters and supervisors were smiling sabay tingin sa amin habang kumakain..
And I just said na parang weird yata to ah..
Both foreigners already leave their table behind us habang kumakain pa kami.. And all the staff from the restaurant were thanking them so hard with a big smile (not a regular thank you).. Weird na talaga..
After we ate, my mom asked the waiter for the bill, the waiter whispered that our bill were already paid by the two foreigners behind us leaving a message, ” ROMANS 1:16 “THANK YOU FOR NOT BEING ASHAMED OF YOUR FAITH” My mom quickly said, “THANK YOU LORD”.. HUMANITY restored by God.. God bless those two people.. We were truly inspired!!!
I will never ever complain for a long prayer.. That was a joke though, haha..
PRAY as loud as we can so people could hear and be inspired.. Thank you..
It came with this photo showing the generous strangers who paid for their family’s meal.
This is truly inspiring.
How have you been an blessing to other people?
What are your thoughts on this?
This happened to us several years ago. We were out celebrating my mom’s birthday. We had dinner al fresco in an outdoor venue where we reserved a private cabana. We were just singing praises and having a good time. When my m approached the cashier to pay the bill, we found out it had already been paid for by one of the guests who happened to be there- a former student of my mom’s. God is just good and generous when we delight in Him. He delights in surprising us.
Expect the Unexpected . 🙂 God moves in different ways ..
you are greatly blessed, God is good!
it really a must to pray first before meals. We should thank God for the food we eat no matter what, and where it was.
We had almost the same experience here in Malaysia.. We prayed together before our meal and ended our prayer with a bit noticeable sound since we all said “AMEN”. When we are about to pay our bills, the manager came to our table and gave us a big discount for the food that we ate.