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Do Something Nice-You Will Be Blessed

          The Christmas season is right around the corner. Our thoughts are beginning to shift from being thankful, to giving and receiving. Christmas celebrations embrace the birth of Jesus, and our hearts turn to the magnitude of this beloved gift God gave to all of us. This has instilled the joy of giving into all Christians. We all give in different ways, including gifts to our family, our church our friends, and sometimes, strangers. Some gifts can become extraordinary. Let me tell you about two such gifts.

          I read a newspaper article about how one good turn resulted in another. Just last month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a stranger stopped to help Sara Berg and her cousin, Lisa, change a blown tire. The stranger, Victor Giesbrecht, with his wife, completed the tire change, then he said, “Someone up above put me in the right place at the right time.” Sara, a nursing assistant, said, “Thank God for you,” they shook hands, and Victor and his wife continued on their trip.

            As Sara and her cousin followed behind Victor’s car, they were discussing how thankful they were for the couple’s help, when they saw Victor’s car slow down and pull over, and his wife frantically waving her hands. Sara pulled over to see what the trouble was. Victor had gone into cardiac arrest, and his wife had been able to assist in bringing the car to a stop.

          Sara and Lisa administered CPR until a medical tech arrived and used a defibrillator to help Victor regain a pulse and resume breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and is doing well.

          Sara said she and her cousin felt guilty at first, thinking that changing their tire caused the heart trouble. But Victor’s wife assured them of just the opposite, they had saved victor’s life. “I 100 percent believe God put me and Lisa in the right place at the right time, and I’m grateful for that,” Sara said. In a statement following the incident, Victor’s wife Ann said, “We will forever be in their debt.”

          WOW! What a story. Was this a coincidence? Maybe, but I hear so many stories of people being there to help strangers, that I believe we are constantly being watched over by the Father. The least we can do as Christian’s, is to watch for opportunities to help others and be Bold in our witness to others. Do something nice for someone, and you will be blessed. It might just be our little red car you see along the road.

(Scripture reference: Luke 10:30-37. “The Good Samaritan)