Friday, June 30, 2006
The older I get in life the more things I see. Not only do I see changes in the world around me, I also notice changes in myself.
When I was younger I thought about material possessions and getting more things, but the older I get the more I realize that this is not what matters to me. I see now that things are not what matters but it is people that matter, helping one another. Now this comes in many forms. This can be as simple as helping someone whose car is broke down on the road, or as complex as traveling far away and doing work to rebuild a community. It can be something simple as buying a homeless person some food.
In saying that I remember about a year ago, my wife, son, daughter and myself went to Jack in the Box to eat lunch. As we drove in I saw a man with a sign that said will work for food. I remember my order for that day, it was a double bacon cheese burger with a large drink and fries. After my meal was done, I went up to the counter and ordered the same meal again. On the way of driving out of the parking lot I stopped my truck got out and gave him the meal. The exact same type of meal I had ate. He thanked me. I got back in my truck and started to drive away, I glanced in my rear view mirror and he was gone. This makes me wonder if this was some kind of test for me, as a person from God. Now I am not saying the guy was an angel or anything like that. But at times I wonder.
Through out my life I try to help people, but lately I think that there is always more I could give. I think how I could help someone in even more than what I did. I also think about those times when someone needed help and I did not stop to help.
Just take a minute to think about all the times you could have helped someone and did not. Think about how this effected them. Now the real question is what will you do?
When I was younger I thought about material possessions and getting more things, but the older I get the more I realize that this is not what matters to me. I see now that things are not what matters but it is people that matter, helping one another. Now this comes in many forms. This can be as simple as helping someone whose car is broke down on the road, or as complex as traveling far away and doing work to rebuild a community. It can be something simple as buying a homeless person some food.
In saying that I remember about a year ago, my wife, son, daughter and myself went to Jack in the Box to eat lunch. As we drove in I saw a man with a sign that said will work for food. I remember my order for that day, it was a double bacon cheese burger with a large drink and fries. After my meal was done, I went up to the counter and ordered the same meal again. On the way of driving out of the parking lot I stopped my truck got out and gave him the meal. The exact same type of meal I had ate. He thanked me. I got back in my truck and started to drive away, I glanced in my rear view mirror and he was gone. This makes me wonder if this was some kind of test for me, as a person from God. Now I am not saying the guy was an angel or anything like that. But at times I wonder.
Through out my life I try to help people, but lately I think that there is always more I could give. I think how I could help someone in even more than what I did. I also think about those times when someone needed help and I did not stop to help.
Just take a minute to think about all the times you could have helped someone and did not. Think about how this effected them. Now the real question is what will you do?
