We've all been in those situations when we see someone who needs us, but how often do we pretend we didn't notice? Sure, we want to help others, but sometimes we just don't have the time/money/energy to do so. If we're being honest, though, time and money are likely more available to you than the person you're walking past. For anyone who's ever gone ahead and helped when presented with the opportunity, the feel-good feeling is worth whatever change you spared or the moment you took to walk that old woman across the street. This is a story one girl wrote about the time she saw a man crying at a gas station and what she did about it.
“So I was just on my way to work and...
"...I had to stop for gas so I allowed myself some extra time to get to work. When I pulled up to the pump I shut my car off and saw this middle aged man crying looking at the gas pump. I began to wonder what happened with this man and as I got out of my car and looked at him my heart felt like it stopped."
"In Apple Valley, Minnesota it is 10 degrees...
"...and freezing cold with the wind. This man was wearing flip flops with socks covered in holes. I look at his car and see his wife in the front seat covering her face in her hands and the 2 teenage girls both cuddling under a blanket in the back seat."
"I didn’t even think and I went up to the man and said...
"'Sir is something the matter?'
He looked at me and I could tell he was on the verge of giving up because he didn’t even try to conceal his tears when he said 'I can’t even provide for my family.'"
"Without even thinking I put my card in his machine...
"...and told him Jesus Christ the Son of God died to provide for you. Fill up. Something, something came alive in him. He was in shock and it was like he forgot how to pump gas."
