How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
(1 John 3.17
NRSV)
He lay helplessly on the road. The chance that someone might come along before morning was remote. Also, because of his precarious position, a passing motorist might run him over without realizing someone was there. As the frosty asphalt sapped his body of warmth, the old man decided that this was a very undignified way to die. He began to pray.
Hours later, a young man driving a white car spotted Beryl's grandfather and expertly tended to him. His grandfather, was, by then, nearly dead from exposure. The man took him to a local hospital. After making sure he was going to be all right, the man disappeared. The only thing the family was able to find out about this Good Samaritan was that he may have been a college student. An emergency room nurse said that the young man was wearing a jacket with "Providence" lettered on the back. No one has ever been able to convince Beryl's Granddad that this particular fellow was merely connected with a university in Rhode Island.
We know that God's providence does not always come that directly. Still, we know God cares.
Dear God, thank you for caring for my needs. May I, through your love, see the needs of others. Amen.
