In the city of Brotherly Love, sometimes generosity extends past boundaries of gender or class.<\/p>\n\n
According to a GoFundMe page established on his behalf, Johnny Bobbitt Jr. recently purchased a home with more than $400,000 dollars that were donated to him, all resulting from an act of kindness he made last fall.<\/p>\n\n
In November 2017, motorist Kate McClure ran out of gas on I-95. While weighing her options for help, she was approached by a then-homeless Bobbitt, who walked up to her car. Bobbitt told her that the roadside area was unsafe, instructed her to lock the car's doors, and then proceeded to walk to a gas station where he spent his last $20 on a red fuel can.<\/p>\n\n
Floored by his selfless generosity, McClure wrote about her interaction with him online.<\/p>\n\n
"Johnny did not ask me for a dollar, and I couldn't repay him at that moment because I didn't have any cash, but I have been stopping by his spot for the past few weeks … I wish that I could do more for this selfless man, who went out of his way just to help me that day."<\/p>\n\n
Several months and many donations later, Bobbitt's kindness has been returned in an overwhelming gesture of crowd-funded generosity.<\/p>\n\n
Potential preaching angles: Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. True love expects nothing in return. Of course God usually does not reward our good deeds with a financial windfall. But the Bible does promise that our Heavenly Father who sees in secret will reward us.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3483,4043,4057,4076,4190,4499,4546,4840,4841,4871,4938,5005,5218],"tax_ctp_topics":[395],"class_list":["post-39367","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-benevolence","tax_ctp_tags-generosity","tax_ctp_tags-giving","tax_ctp_tags-good-deeds","tax_ctp_tags-humble-service","tax_ctp_tags-motivation-for-service","tax_ctp_tags-news-that-illustrates","tax_ctp_tags-reward","tax_ctp_tags-reward-for-service","tax_ctp_tags-sacrificial","tax_ctp_tags-selflessness","tax_ctp_tags-social-action","tax_ctp_tags-unselfishness"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\n