Seizing the Opportunity

 

Sunny Sweeney was recently at an airport waiting for her flight.  She noticed a young military man, wearing a backpack with the name Michael written on it, who was also about to board the plane.  Sunny was standing nearby when a man went up to Michael and thanked him for his service and asked if he could pray for him and his safety.  Tearing up, Sunny shared that she wished every person in the military would know “how many people are praying for you and wishing you good thoughts and safe travels.”

As Laine Herman was on her way to get her children from school, the “low oil” light came on and the car started to lose power.  She looked for the nearest place for help and saw Total Garage in Ramsgate.  As she pulled in, Laine explained to the attendant that she and her family were new to town, she didn’t know anyone to call to help pick up her kids, her husband was at work, and she needed to be at the school and get them now.  Clement asked her if she could drive a manual.  When she replied she could, he went and drove his car and stopped next to hers.  He gave her the keys so she could use his car to pick up her children on time.  Clement then told her to take the kids home and her husband could return his car when he got off work.  By that time, he had arranged for someone to tow her car and fix it.  Laine blogged, “He was truly my knight in shining armor!  I pray God will bless him beyond measure.”

 

Jamara Jonte reported a story about an older man in his neighborhood who gets up early every morning to make sure the kids who live around him are up and ready for school.  One day he caught several of the kids who decided to skip school.  When he questioned why, they explained that the kids at school made fun of them because of their shoes. The next day, while the kids were in school, the man went shopping.  When the bus arrived that afternoon, there was a big surprise.  There were dozens of pairs of new tennis shoes lined up against the fence with a sign that said, “Free sneakers, only if your [you’re] in school.”

 

May we, too, look for opportunities to do good works, which God created and prepared for us to do. 

 

 

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10