"34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36 I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
37 “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,t you were doing it to me!’"
Let me tell you about my drive home from work today. First of all, I've had "a week" already (which is a whole other story!) and needless to say, I haven't been as vigilant about my car as I normally am. All that to say that at 5 this afternoon, I ran out of gas...on an off ramp. I WOULD have made it off the ramp if the light hadn't been red and I didn't have to stop altogether, however that was not to be the case this afternoon. I'm was on an uphill off ramp about 3 car lengths back from the light, with my hazards blinking. Traffic was so heavy I couldn't even get out of my car to get it out of the way of traffic. I tried calling my husband, but the work number I have for him has been changed and he didn't have his cell phone on him. By this point, I'm praying and praying and praying that SOMEONE would help me, I tried begging a police officer to look my way and see that I needed help; he did not. But two VERY kind strangers did.
I was in tears because I couldn't even get out of my car to TRY to get it off the ramp, but this stranger; a man I had never met before stopped to help me, and another stranger stopped to help him. Both of these men were God's Angels sent to protect me today, they got me gas enough to get to a filling station and kept telling me that it was ok, it had happened to all of us. I think I really scared the poor man who got there first because I was in tears so much, he kept asking if it was JUST the gas that was wrong.
The whole time I was with them, I told them they were my blessing from God, and that God had provided; while at the same time thanking them profusely! How is it that God can arrange for things like this to happen? I was instantly slowed down and brought back to the basic truth of life, I NEED GOD! I felt loved and protected by the One who created me, and all this because two strangers were kind enough to help the helpless, thank You Jesus, for sending me your two angels to watch over me this afternoon; and thank you to the two strangers who heeded God's call on their lives!
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