An eye witness account from New York City, on a
cold day in December, some years ago:
A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing
before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted,
peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
A lady approached the young boy and said, "My, but
you're in such deep thought staring in that window!"
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was
the boy's reply.
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store,
and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of
socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give
her a basin of water and a towel.
He quickly brought them to her.
She took the little fellow to the back part of the
store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed
his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks.
Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased
him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining
pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted
him on the head and said, "No doubt, you will be
more comfortable now."
As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught
her by the hand, and looking up into her face,
with tears in his eyes, asked her . . . .
"are you God's wife?"
