Paule,
A pretty good Message from the Devotion tonight...
MB
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God Has A Way
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 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 was the unmistakable sounds of a struggle; heavy grunting, frantic scuffling and tearing of fabric.
Only yards from where I was standing 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 like 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 ma 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 the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.
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