Wednesday, December 28, 2005
RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
Author Unknown
Dec 28, 2005
God has a way of allowing us to be in the right place at the right
time.
I was walking down a dimly lit street late one evening when I heard
muffled screams coming from behind a clump of bushes. Alarmed, I
slowed down to listen and panicked when I realized that what I was
hearing were the unmistakable sounds of a struggle: heavy grunting,
frantic scuffling and tearing of fabric. Only yards from where I
stood, a woman was being attacked.
Should I get involved? I was frightened for my own safety and cursed
myself for having suddenly decided to take a new route home that
night.
What if I became another statistic? Shouldn't I just run to the
nearest phone and call the police? Although it seemed an eternity,
the deliberations in my head had taken only seconds, but already the
cries were growing weaker. I knew I had to act fast. How could I
walk away from this? No, I finally resolved, I could not turn my
back on the fate of this unknown woman, even if it meant risking my
own life. I am not a brave man, nor am I athletic. I don't know
where I found the moral courage and physical strength-- but once I
had finally resolved to help the girl, I became strangely
transformed. I ran behind the bushes and pulled the assailant off
the woman. Grappling, we fell to the ground, where we wrestled for a
few minutes until the attacker jumped up and escaped.
Panting hard, I scrambled upright and approached the girl, who was
crouched behind a tree, sobbing. In the darkness, I could barely see
her outline, but I could certainly sense her trembling shock. Not
wanting to frighten her further, I at first spoke to her from a
distance.
"It's OK," I said soothingly. "The man ran away. You're safe now."
There was a long pause and then I heard the words, uttered in
wonder, in amazement. "Dad, is that you?" And then, from behind the
tree, stepped my youngest daughter, Katherine.
Do all the good you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.
PRAYER
"Lord, you satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts and you feed
us with the finest of wheat (Ps 81:16). Fill me with gratitude and
give me a generous heart that I may freely share with others what
you have given to me."
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