We as Adventist Christians don’t always “get it right” when we witness for Jesus, but thankfully, by God’s grace sometimes we do.

My husband, Larry, serves on a multidenominational accrediting agency called the National Council for Private School Accreditation. The committee’s executive director, Clayton Petry, recently sent Larry a thought-provoking e-mail. Petry shared an experience that had occurred on the previous Saturday in Seattle when his SUV broke down. When the tow truck arrived, the driver, described by Petry as a “small, skinny man,” tried to push the SUV into position for loading onto the flatbed. Petry’s job was to handle the brakes and steering wheel. But the vehicle wouldn’t budge.

“I laughed,” Petry said. “Several people just walked by and looked.”

Then two “dressed-up” women wearing high-heeled shoes came up, got behind the SUV, and easily pushed it into place.

“They moved it a good 15 feet!” Petry said. “I got out and thanked them. I was so surprised by their appearance and dress on a Saturday morning, and the fact that they were both women, that I just blurted out, ‘Seventh-day Adventist?’ ” They answered, “Yes, we are.”

Petry thanked them profusely for their assistance and then headed back to the SUV to get them some money, but they had already left by the time he returned.

“I told my wife and dad the story separately, and they both said to me, ‘Angels.’ I said, ‘No, but almost as good—Seventh-day Adventists.’ ”

If only we could always “get it right.”