This is the closing verse in the story of Jesus being tempted by the devil. The last verse does not get much attention. Primary focus is given to the encounter between Jesus and the tempter but this last verse has so much meaning to my life.
Thursday evening I ran over a pothole (please get those potholes fixed city of Atlanta...Thanks) and it caused major damage to one of tires. Fortunately I was able to get my car to a Krispy Kreme parking lot. Now it is raining, I do not have a spare tire and I find myself getting frustrated. In my moment of frustration and weakness, "suddenly angels came waited on me."
My first angel was a homeless brother. The brother approached me simply asking for a blanket and I gave him my QT6 (shout out to Quintessence 6 and Hampton University). After I gave him the blanket he asked if he I need help with my tire. Truth be told I was not thrilled about changing a tire in the rain and this brother came right on time. He took the tire off in record time and it was a humbling moment for me. It's not the fact that he changed the tire in record time but he was willing to do something for me that I was not willing to do for myself. I didn't want to get on the wet concrete to help myself. I didn't want to get on the wet concrete in order to help myself move forward. Thank God for this angel. He attended to me when I was in need.
Im just going to end this like this. Be conscience of how you treat all people. If you allow me to be transparent, I looked at myself as being above this brother but at the moment when he went to a place to help me and I wasn't even willing to help myself, it humbled me. I thank God I did not ignore that brother. I encourage us not to ignore each other regardless of socio-economic status, race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, sexual-orientation, etc. because you could be potentially ignoring an angel.
God Bless,
Rev
loved the post, mike!
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