Rich in Good Deeds

 

Just be a good person.

Love who you can,

help where you can,

give what you can.

 

 

Cody Bret stopped to get gas at the local station.  A van rolled in beside him and the driver looked worried.  Bret asked if everything was okay and the man replied, “I’m not sure what’s wrong with my car.”  Bret asked him to pop the hood and he would see if he could help.  Due to the alternator malfunctioning, the battery was not being properly charged.  Cody found out that the man lived a mile down the road.  He charged the battery enough to get the man home, but told him he would need a new battery and alternator.  The man admitted that he didn’t have money for the parts and labor, at the moment.  Cody pulled out a business card and asked the man to call him when he made it home and he would come and fix the van.  The man questioned, “Why would you do that for someone you don’t even know?”  Bret replied, “because you’re never too important to be nice to people.”  

 

Jeremy and Chelsie King live in Germantown, Maryland.  Following an operation to remove a brain tumor, Jeremy was left with some physical difficulties.  Although he could walk, he had trouble balancing.  This dilemma posed a problem for safely carrying their soon to arrive child.  Chelsea mentioned the difficulty to Matt Zigler, a colleague at Burris School, and asked if they could possibly make something to attach to a wheelchair.  Zigler teaches the class, “Making for Social Good.”  The purpose of the course is to create products that make a positive change for society.  Since the students were beginning a new semester, it was great timing to look for a solution.  Needing to understand what was needed, they interviewed the family.  They also talked with local firemen, to find out how to properly secure a car seat.  After coming up with a plan, they borrowed a wheelchair from the nurse, made a trip to Home Depot, and started making and testing their design.  They added more weight than a child, when testing for safety and security.  The students created “WheeStroll”, which securely fastens to a wheelchair.  Jeremy was so pleased when he was able to take his son on a stroll.  Benjamin Gordon told NBC4, he was so excited “To see the smile on his face and to know that I was able to help give him that connection with his child that he wouldn’t be able to have because of his disabilities.”  In addition, the students won two international awards for the “WheeStroll.”

 

Whether it takes an hour or two or an entire semester, may we, too, find ways to be rich in good deeds.

 

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

1 Timothy 6:18