Police officer Martin Folczyk caught a driver speeding. The young man, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, pulled over into a parking lot, got out of his car, and explained his predicament. The student had a big presentation to make in one of his classes. He was dressed in a suit, but unfortunately did not know how to tie his tie. He had stopped by a friend’s house to get help, but he wasn’t home. Officer Folczyk asked for the tie. As the student continued to explain, the policeman began tying the necktie for him. After checking the car’s registration, the officer let the young man off with a warning and the gift of being well dressed for his presentation.
Steve Farmer went to work. Upon arriving, he locked his bicycle outside the Cannon Street train station. After getting off work at 6:00 p.m., Farmer went to retrieve his bike. He soon noticed the chain had been cut and his bicycle was gone. Steve asked the people at the station if they happened to have cameras. About that time, a man began waving his arms, to get Farmer’s attention, to see if he was missing his bicycle. He asked him to put his code in the lock. When it opened, Abdul Muneeb, who works for South Eastern Railways, explained what happened. Abdul was on a break when he spotted a guy cut the lock off of the bicycle. He approached him and challenged him to give him the bike. Abdul took it inside the station and then waited four hours after his shift ended to make sure Steve got his bike back. Farmer noted, “The world needs more Abduls; he is a man’s legend and a credit to his employer.”
A neighbor complained because a yard that was usually well taken care of was now getting overgrown. Several people wanted the home owners to be cited by the city. One lady suggested that they knock on the door to check on the people to see if they were in need of something. She recalled that the previous summer her mother-in-law’s yard, which was usually immaculate, had not been maintained for several weeks because she was caring for her husband who was dying from cancer. Then several of the men from their church arrived, with mowers and other equipment, and cleaned up the yard. The daughter-in-law reminded the people, “Maybe your neighbor has something much bigger to take care of than uncut grass…and maybe they need some help. Let’s don’t lose all ability to be neighborly.”
May we, too, be willing to invest time and effort to do good and share with others.
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Hebrews 13:16
