In an era marked by racial tension and cultural division, it is rare to see moments of pure humanity that remind us we’re not really all that different from one another after all. There’s perhaps nothing more beautiful than seeing a stranger come to the aid of a person in need, for no other reason than to “love your neighbor as yourself,” as Mark 12:31 calls us to.
On a routine trip to Walmart with her husband, Brittany McKee got to witness one of those special moments unfold as she walked through the refrigerator section.
She may have been on the hunt for groceries, but what she got instead was some food for the soul:
“Following my appointment this morning to check on our growing baby boy, my husband and I stopped at Walmart in Evans to pick up a couple of things,” she wrote on Facebook. “As we were walking to the refrigerated section, we noticed a woman who had passed out and fallen on the floor.”
As a registered nurse, Brittany’s gut instinct was to stop to help and provide any professional assistance that she could.
“She had regained orientation, but did say she was on blood thinners and felt dizzy. So I stayed with her, along with her daughter and the Walmart personnel, until the ambulance came and tried to encourage her to stay seated.”
Brittany added that the “Walmart staff was amazing,” as they diligently attended to the woman while also keeping in touch with dispatch until emergency responders arrived.
But the pregnant mama’s eyes couldn’t help but fix upon one man who went above and beyond to meet this struggling woman right where she was at—on the floor.
“Then there was Jason,” she wrote. “I don’t know his last name, but this man, no questions asked, got down on the floor with this woman and supported her back so she could lean against him. He literally got down on the floor to serve her, not because he was asked to do it, he wasn’t, but because he wanted to.”
Brittany couldn’t help but notice the stark contrast between the display of unity unfolding before her on this grocery store floor and the hateful division projected in the media.
“The media lately shows our country divided, filled with hate and racial tension, but this right here was one human being loving and serving another without condition of race or obligation.”
And as they continued to wait for help to arrive, she witnessed yet another little miracle. Another man stopped mid-aisle to kneel down and fervently pray over the woman for healing.
Brittany was taken aback by the unconditional love passed on among a string of unsuspecting strangers that day, and her takeaway message from the experience serves as a powerful reminder to us all:
“What I experienced today was love, kindness, and serving. We are human beings, each and every one of us regardless of how much pigmentation our skin has or doesn’t have. I couldn’t help but share because the media doesn’t seem to report this…the unity and the positive that occurs. This right here is real life, this is what it’s all about, not hate.”
