Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Making Our World Better



 Our world would be a much better place to live in if indeed we would do for others as the Bible tells us to do. Take for instance the following story that I found in Reader's Digest this morning:


A couple of years ago, I stumbled off the subway in Upper Manhattan, exhausted after a long and stressful day at work, dreaming about the warmth of my bed. I stopped in a 7/11 on the way to my apartment to buy a bag of popcorn (treat yourself!). A man about three times my size stood in front of me at the register buying a pack of cigarettes and turned toward me, telling me I looked tired. I smiled uncomfortably and became noticeably more alert, as a young woman does when a strange man starts talking to her at night. He turned toward the cashier and said that he was going to get my snack too. I politely declined and was already pulling out my wallet, but this man wouldn’t allow me to say no. He handed the cashier a couple of extra dollars to cover my popcorn and told me that he hoped my night got better. He walked out of the store and I never saw him again.

(30 Stories About the Touching Kindness of Strangers That’ll Make You Tear Up}


Granted, nowadays this situation can be a scary one. Thankfully for her, the man was really trying to do something for her. A bag of popcorn. No big deal. But perhaps it made a difference in her day. 

If you have ever had this happen to you maybe you can identify with her. A complete stranger in a grocery may pay for some groceries for you. A man may pay for an ice cream order at a dairy queen for someone they have never seen before. Perhaps a  elderly couple may buy that child in the check-out line ahead of you that treat that it was obvious his mother did not have the money for it.

Or something as simple as a smile or a "Have a nice day, Sir" to someone may mean a lot to someone that has had a hard day. 

The new year of 2023 is a good time to do something for other people that may be a little out of our comfort zone. But read what Luke 6:38 says to us.

 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete

 withal it shall be measured to you again.

It may be easy for us to give to those we know. Our family and friends. But what about those in the world that we don't know. I believe that our giving does not stop with those people that are in our circle of friends and loved ones. But should extend to those outside of it. Sometimes those people are the most needy of all. Especially if they do not know Jesus.

And if we can extend our hand to someone else, God can do amazing things through it. Not only for us. But for someone else. And our world can become a much better place in which to live.

Thanks for coming today. God bless you!




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