1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: Woman tells a thief God loves you and stops her 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: from stealing a package. Written by Heather Riggleman, read by 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: Julie Provost. A woman tells a thief God loves you 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: and stops her from stealing a package. It happened in 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: an ordinary moment on an ordinary street in South Philadelphia, 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: Packages on porches, people coming and going, life moving along 12 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 2: like it always has until one moment decided on to 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: stay silent, Brendatte william sowow and reaching for a package 14 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: that didn't belong to her. In that s what second 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: she could have looked away, She could have stayed quiet, 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: but instead she used her voice. She called out, telling 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: the woman she was better than that, reminding her that 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 2: she was loved that God loved her. Your button than that, 19 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: Bernaette can be heard called to the woman, get some help. 20 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: You're button than that. I love you. God loves you. 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: And just like that, the moment shifted, the package was dropped, 22 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: But what happened next makes a story linger in your heart. 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: Burnette didn't stop at correction. She stepped into compassion. She 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: reached into her pocket and gave the woman the only 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: money she had, just seven dollars, offering dignity instead of judgment. 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: At that moment, something changed. The woman who was about 27 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: to steal was reminded that she mattered, and she was 28 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 2: seen that she was more than the decision she almost made. 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: And isn't that where the story reaches us, especially as 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 2: women caring so much work, home responsibilities, the quiet weight 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: of showing up every single day. How many times have 32 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: we felt the nudge to speak up, to say something, 33 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: to step in, and we've stayed quiet, telling ourselves is 34 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: not our place. But this moment reminds us that our 35 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 2: voice carries more power than we think. Berndette didn't have 36 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: the platform or a perfect plan. She had a moment, 37 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: and she chose courage. She chose and maybe that's what 38 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 2: faith looks like in real life. Not polished or loud, 39 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: but present and willing, willing to speak truth with kindness, 40 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: willing to interrupt darkness with light, willing to remind someone 41 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: right in the middle of their hardest moment that they 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 2: are still deeply loved by God. Because our words can 43 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: stop something, soften something, or even say something. So to 44 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: the woman reading this between emails, Eron's and everything else, 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: your voice matters in your home and your workplace, in 46 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: your community, in everyday spaces you walk through. You don't 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 2: have to be perfect or have all the right words. 48 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: You just have to be willing, because one brave sentence 49 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: spoken with compassion can change the direction of somebody's day 50 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 2: and maybe even their life. Speak up for those who 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 2: cannot speak for themselves. Ensure justice for those being crushed. 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: Proverbs thirty one peaked a woman ordered door dash, then 53 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: stepped in to help the seventy year old man who 54 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: delivered it. Written by MICHAELA. Gordoney read badgily provost. When 55 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: a seventy eight year old door dasher from Manchester, New Hampshire, 56 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: dropped off some food for his customer, Brittany, she saw 57 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: on her doorbell camera that it was no easy task 58 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 2: for him. She contacted him to learn more and found 59 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: out he had been forced out of retirement, so she 60 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: started to gofund me to get him back into retirement. 61 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: Richard delivered Starbucks to my home via DoorDash, and it 62 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: was evident from the video that this was a task 63 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 2: for him. With the help of social media, I was 64 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: able to track down Richard and learned he does DoorDash 65 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: due to his wife being fired from her job at 66 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 2: no fault of her own. And by the time they 67 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 2: pay their monthly expenses plus purchase their medication, there's nothing left. 68 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 2: Brittany said, Let's tell Richard go back into retirement. She said, 69 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: he is precious and he is not working because he 70 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: wants to. He's working because he has to. Brittany helped 71 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: raise almost one million dollars for the doordasher Richard Pulley, 72 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: which surprised all of them. When you're past your mid seventies, 73 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: there's not exactly a line of people waiting to hire you. 74 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: Richard's wife of fifty six year Brenda, said, the support 75 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 2: is taking a lot of pressure off of us, Richard said, 76 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: adding that it's making life livable once again. It's just 77 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: really difficult to believe that there's that many people that 78 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: are that generous to try to help us, Brenda said, 79 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: people that don't even know us. She said to Brittany, 80 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: I just can't believe that someone would be that caring 81 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: to set this up for us. Britney's reasons for helping 82 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 2: aren't complicated. I don't know, It's just I love this man, 83 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: she said. After learning about Richard's story, Door Dash CEO 84 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 2: Tony Zoo reached out to thank Richard for completing nearly 85 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 2: six thousand deliveries. The company also donated twenty thousand dollars 86 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 2: to Richard and send him a gift to thank him. 87 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 2: Brittany gave an update on the donations on March twentieth. Today, 88 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 2: Richard was gifted the check for your generous donations. He 89 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 2: all made it possible for him to retire and live 90 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: comfortably for the remainder of his life. Humanity is not 91 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: a thing of the past, she said. Richard received a 92 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 2: check for nine hundred sixty five thousand, eight hundred and 93 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: sixty eight dollars. What a beautiful act of kindness. It 94 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,239 Speaker 2: would be wonderful if all all aby people were cared 95 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: about like Richard and brand to have been. 96 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 97 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's story. 98 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos, that may have been referenced 99 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: in this episode. 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