Well that's what I feel like I need today. It all began pretty uneventfully. Breakfast, laundry, lunch and then an outing with and for the girls. Well, that is where uneventful ended. As I stopped at the first stop sign in our neighborhood I looked left and then right and saw a couple of folks standing around someone who'd either fallen or passed out. Shocked at what I saw, this not so good samaritan pulled away from the stop sign and kept going right out of the neighborhood. As I was driving my gut just churned and my mind raced with thoughts of was this person alright, would he be okay. So I turned around and followed the emt truck back into our neighborhood and walked to the scene at the corner, trying to overcome the fear and shame I felt at not stopping to begin with to offer assistance and hoping that those there did not think as badly of me as I imagined they did. When I arrived at the scene the medics were evaluating and treating the young man and preparing him for transport to the hospital. It turns out he had a skateboard accident and broke his lower leg. As I walked back to my house, I said a prayer for the young man, asking God to please heal his leg and not let him have any permanent damage to his leg.
Today, I am afraid I was far from a faithful witness to and for Christ. However, I am determined not to let this failure define me or my faith. I know that Christ has not given up on me and neither should I. Thanking him today for do overs.
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