Jonathan McCall is the definition of what it means to love your neighbor. The Tennessee man was grabbing a quick snack with his son Caden at Taco Bell last week when he noticed a “disheveled, dirty man” walk into the restaurant.
“He would not make eye contact with the girl when he ordered his food and kept his face down towards the floor. His body looked tired and his spirit looked broken,” Jonathan told Love What Matters. “Speaking in a timid voice, he ordered a single item from the $1 menu. After he received his food, selected a table that was away from everyone else in the restaurant. He placed his small pack that contained all of his belongings on the back of a chair and sat to eat his meager meal.”
I think in most cases, as much as we believe we might have done something, the majority of us would look at this dirty, disheveled man, and feel our hearts break. But that would be the end of it. Some of us might offer to buy him a meal, believing that giving him money would be just buying his next supply of drugs. But in all honesty, most of us probably wouldn’t even notice him — or pay any attention to the fact that he even exists.
But that’s why Jonathan McCall is so inspiring.
He walked over and asked the man if he could sit with him.