There are words in my heart that I can't seem to put onto paper to express my thoughts about these dear angels that have been lost. We do not always know God's plans but we have to have Faith & Hope for the best. I pray for every family that has ever lost an angel either thru miscarriage, born asleep, or lost them after having them for a very short period of time. Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberance Day.
I'm asking for you to please light a candle tonight at 7pm in any time zone for one hour in rememberance for these angels. I know that I will be taking that time to remember mine, my friends', & my family's sweet angels that God welcomed into His arms.
So, please light a candle at 7pm tonight (any time zone) for one hour.
I have to ask this question, what would you do? Now you are wondering what the rest of that question is. Well here it is & then I'll explain why I'm asking.
What would you do if you are in your car, waiting to pull into traffic, & someone (who is walking by) either knocks on your window or tries to get your attention wants you to roll down your window? Would you roll down your window and assist them?
I ask this question because it has happened to me quite a few times within the last two years. Once, I was in the car with both of my daughters and we were stopped at a red light. A man knocked on my daughter's window and was asking us to help. We were not in the best part of town & , as I said, my daughters were with me. I kept one hand on my cell phone and prayed for the light to turn green so that we could go. My daughters were scared and finally the light turned for us to go.
Second, I was on my way from work when I had to stop at an intersection. I was talking on my cell phone with my daughter to let her know I was on my way home. As I stopped my car an older woman came walking up to my car with tears in her eyes. I rolled my window just a crack to hear her. She asked me for help because she was taking care of her grandchildren and desperately needed money to feed them. I gave her the last $20 I had on me that day.
Third, I have seen this man several times recently. There's an older man that stands at the stop light near the interstate where I go every day. He's always walking up & down the median trying to get any one's attention. I always avert my eyes and hope he doesn't try to bother me.
Each time I have encountered I am reminded of a Bible story. I don't remember every bit of it but I remember the gist of it. The story is how a man is told that Jesus is going to visit him that day. So the man prepares for Jesus to visit him but is interrupted 3 times by strangers. Finally, the man is so tired and frustrated because he feels that God has not visited him when God appears to the man and explains that He had been there. That He was those strangers that had interrupted him during the day. I can't help but wonder when I'm driving away from these strangers that have interrupted my life, "what if that was God?". What should I have done?
I've always tried to help those in need but in a safe manner. I know that times are very hard right now and we have more homeless, hungry, & jobless people. I also remember when I was in their shoes. It was not too long ago that I didn't have a car and I had to walk several miles to and from work. That I didn't have money for food & went a lot of time without anything to eat. That I didn't really have a safe place to sleep but was grateful for what shelter I had at the time. I also know that I was extremely grateful to those that gave me a hand up in my time of need. But also during those times, I never knocked on some one's car window or tried to ask anyone to go out of their way to help me.
The hard part I have with it now, is that I'm scared. Scared that the person that's trying to get my attention or knocking on my window may want to harm me or my children. Yet, I'm also scared that if I don't do something to help them, that I'm not doing what I should be doing as a Christian. So, I try to do my part by donating to the food banks, passing on information where they can get the help they are searching for. But in my heart I'm always asking myself if that was enough.
So, I guess, as I wonder if I do enough, I'm curious to know what you would do.
