So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12
Envision a Denver baseball stadium, a threatening sky, the first inning just completed, some 30,000 fans. The players are called back from the field, fans in the uncovered stands are told to get under cover, and the grounds crew covers the infield. The rains came, the hail, the wind - to me a beautiful storm!
As time went on a stadium usher offered me her chair. I gladly took it. Then a dilemma. A young lady was standing near me - fine! She is young. Oh, oh, she has on a large leg cast. She walked forward and sat in the pouring rain. The only decent thing to do was to offer her my chair.
As sure as we receive a benefit, an opportunity arises to give a benefit to another. Should we keep score? That is not our assignment!
As the storm abated, a glorious red ball of a setting sun appeared in a mountain valley to the west. Thus endeth the day.
Prayer: Our Father, let us welcome opportunities to do for others. Let us also accept acts of kindness from others without guilt, for as it is written: "This sums up the Law and the Prophets." Amen.
Harold Edwards (reprinted from the Eastridge Daily Devotion Book, published in 2008)
Harold Edwards 1926-2019
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