Help is On the Way

CVS is my favorite pharmacy hands down.  You'll likely see posts mentioning them in the future.  Between coupons and their store club benefits, I often walk out of the store paying next to nothing for most everything.

At one point last year they were providing daily giveaways for anyone who was a member of their store club.  Once the reveal was posted on the CVS app as to what the day's freebie was, I would take a peak and see if it was worth a quick drive to the store.

One day I had gone to pick up an item that was worth the drive.  While walking up to the register, I had made the decision to use the self checkout figuring I didn't need to bother a human with my menial purchase.  With everything loaded on my app, the plan was just to scan, bag, and get out of there.

My total computed to zero and I received my receipt.  Everything seemed to be fine and I was just about to leave.  Then all of a sudden an automated voice called out while an orange light flashed above my head, "Please wait.  Help is on the way."

'Aw, man!' I complained in my head.  'Now I will have to interact with a human.'

I waited until the cashier on duty was available to assist me.  "Do you need some help?"

I explained the situation to her letting her know that my item was indeed free but the machine began chirping at me after I finished checking out.

"Oh, I see she said.  The problem is that the machine doesn't understand why it is free."  She used a card to stop the machine's protest and reset it.  I thanked her for her help and I was free to go.

This whole exchange made me think about the difficulty us humans have accepting the free gift of God's salvation through Jesus Christ.  Just like that self checkout register, we just don't understand.  Because we doubt, we turn to help outside of God.  People, pills, power, pride.  But none of these can provide real help.  Only a relationship with God our heavenly Father through Jesus Christ can adequately answer our cry for help.  

Do you have a need?  Call on Him and rest assured that help is on the way.