Last year a freak snowstorm in Birmingham, Alabama stranded hundreds of motorists in their cars. A number of them abandoned their cars and trekked into a near-by Chick-fil-A for warmth and some food. The restaurant proceeded to cook hundreds of sandwiches and its employees walked out to the highway and handed them out free to other stranded motorists in their cars.
This year, same place, same restaurant, same manager. A cold snap is chilling the city to the bone and a homeless guy walks in and asks if there is any work so he can get something to eat. Instead of getting tossed out, he's invited to sit down and is served a hot meal. When the manager notices the guy's hands are blue from the cold, he goes back and gets his own gloves and gives them to the man. The whole scene is caught by another customer who takes a photo on their phone and posts it on Facebook, which has now gone viral.
Yup, nasty folks who work for Chick-fil-A. After it became a web sensation, the manager was asked why he did it. He said it comes from the Cathy family who owns the company. As Tosd Starnes, the writer of the piece, says - be hospitable to strangers, you never know when you are entertaining angels. Hebrews 13:2. Think about it the next time you see a down-and-out stranger or a Cick-fil-A and your stomach is grumbling.
townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2015/01/12/you-wont-believe-what-chickfila-did-for-a-homeless-man-n1942059
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