was it God?

or just an idea that popped into my head? was it the Holy Spirit leading me? or just something i thought of on my own?

last night i was sitting in my car by the olive garden. i saw a man walking around that i had seen before. he is always over by the mcdonald's in the same shopping center. i've seen him walking around with a bag and the same coffee cup. as i watched, he reached into the garbage can and found a mcdonald's bag that someone had thrown away. he unwrapped what was left of a burger and ate it. i felt so sad at that moment. here i was, trying to figure out if i wanted to go into olive garden by myself or just go to mcdonald's ~ and here this man was, just trying to get something to eat.

i decided to go to mcdonald's. as i started to move my car i thought, 'why don't i get him something to eat?' he wasn't begging, he wasn't asking for money, he was just trying to survive. i saw the man on the phone by mcdonald's ~ the same place i had seen him before on different days. i didn't want to interrupt so i just hung out for a while waiting for him to get off the phone. he finally hung up and started walking into the restaurant. he tried to look in the garbage can by the door but when he saw me he quickly walked into mcdonald's and into the bathroom. i waited for him outside so that i could ask him if he wanted something to eat. when he came back out i said, 'excuse me, may i buy you something to eat?' he was shocked and asked, 'would you?' and i said, 'yes, i'd like to. what would you like?' and he looked at me and said, 'anything.' i said, 'ok' and started into the building. he asked me, 'you wouldn't happen to have $.50 for a phone call would you?' and i said, 'no, sorry. i'm using my card'. i ordered him a big mac combo and took it to him. when i was leaving he said, 'thank you so much. that's what i'm trying to do, get my credit card number'. i told him good luck and walked to my car. i don't think he was trying to get a credit card number - since i've seen him before. but if it made him feel better to tell me that, then who am i to argue? what i realized is that he wasn't actually talking on the phone any of the times i've seen him. he was just pretending so that when no one was around he could look in the garbage. and when someone was around he would pretend to be on the phone.

what do you think? was it God? did God use me to help him? was it the Holy Spirit leading me?