Pause for Thought
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a near by bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself, as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you" said the nobble man. "You saved my sons life".
"No, I can't accept payment for what I did" the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment the farmer's own son came to door the of the family hovel.
"Is that your son?" The Nobble man asked.
"Yes" The farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make a deal with you. Let me provide him with the same level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will proud of". and to his word he did that.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools in the time, graduated from St May's Hospital School in London, went on to become known though out the World as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming. The discoverer of 'Penicillin'. Years afterward the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with Pneumonia.
What saved his life this time - Penicillin
The name of the noble? - Lord Randolph Churchill
The nobleman's son's name - Sir Winston Churchill
Act of kindness done with a humble heart, with out the thought of financial reward. This gives mind to the 'Parable of the good Samaritan' . . .
NKJ Luke
10 V30/65 ". . .A certain man went from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down the road. And when he saw him passed by on the other side of the road. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed be on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine, and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an Inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out 2 Denarii, then to the Innkeeper, and said to him, 'take care of him, and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you. . . "
Because we don't know a stranger seeking help, it may only you who is going to help them. Who are they? What dose God have in store for them? We may never have the answers, we just need to have faith in God that He put us there for a reason. Kindness for kindness sake has all but been eroded from society today, next time there is someone in need, don't do as the priest or Levite, be a Samaritan. Because who knows??
