love re-visited... again

i am one of those people who feels a great deal of tension when i am driving and i see someone on the side of the road broken down or in need of help... 99.9% of the time i drive right on past and try to focus on something else other than the tension i am currently feeling or i am quick with an excuse because the reality is i know NOTHING about fixing cars.

i don't know why i am hyper-aware of this and since i am so keen to it, why don't i ever stop and if nothing else... just ask?

that changed for me this past weekend... getting off my exit i noticed in the right hand lane a van with its hazard lights on and again keenly felt the tension. as i neared the van, i didn't slow down as i usually do not. but was looking at what could be the situation and noticed a woman walking down the highway 50 yards or so ahead. i still do not know what drove me to pull over or what was so compelling to help this woman. the only thing i know is that the next moment i was pulling over onto the shoulder next to the woman, almost hitting her and scarring her half to death to the point that she definitely let me know it...

she ran out of gas... the gas station wasn't far... she hoped in the car with my wife, son and i and we took her to get some gas. we waited around and then drove her back to her van and went on our way.

i don't know her name... or anything about her... just that she was someone who needed some help at that moment and i was someone who could help her.

what if this was the norm in my life?

a little 5 minutes extra out of my time to help a stranger... to help humanity.

i am learning to love deeper... no strings attached... no agendas... not because of who i am but because of who christ in me. this is a big learning curve... but i think i can get used to it.

may we learn to love deep...

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