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andy82 · Tadpole Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 16

i have only recently found my faith and it is a very internal thing. i oray in churches but only only. i wish to worship with others but it is not possible for me to attend a church at regular times.

the bible and my prayers are giving me hope and wonder in god and i feel as if i am beginging on a wonderful journey but i wish to have some one to hold my hand upon this journy and share with me the wonders of finding god and studying his words.

can anyone help me?? please

lone-traveler · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:44 am Post subject:

The Old Woman With The Cane

After a long day of going back and forth to doctor's appointments for my fiance's father and his ill sister, I was just about ready to fall over in sheer exhaustion. However, something inside keeps you going because, well, you have to.

As we were leaving our last appointment, I was walking behind the three of them and noticed an old woman with a cane and special walking shoes attempting to step from the curb and get into the waiting car.

At first I thought for certain that the driver, whom I assumed was her daughter, surely would get out and help her.

She didn't.

I knew I had to get to my own car and unlock it so that the others could get in.

But, how could I pass this woman by? The wind was cold and strong and she looked as if she would fall.

I stopped and asked her, "Do you need a hand?"

She looked at me as if surprised. Not afraid, but surprised.

"Yes I do, if you don't mind."

My heart started crying. Why wasn't the driver of the car doing this? What was going on here?

I took her hand as her other supported her with the cane and told her that I had her.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I've got 'ya. You're not going to fall. Now place one foot down and then the other."

After feeling my secure grip, she stepped down from the curb. She was so unsteady that I couldn't see letting go of her.

"The door's unlocked. I can get in."

"No, that's okay, I don't mind. Let me hold you while we get the door open."

There was no way she'd get into the car, or, if she did, it would have been at the risk of falling if left to do it alone.

All the while the driver just sat and watched with a very frustrated look upon her face.

The old woman opened the car door and I helped her in. She sat and couldn't thank me enough. I told her not to mention it and that's what people are for. I even laughed to make her feel better and said, "I'm used to this!"

I am used to it, and I don't mind it. My fiance and I are getting quite accustomed to helping his dad's ill sister into the car and his father, too. It's just what you do.

Well, it's what most people do.

After the old woman was seated I tucked her coat into the car so it wouldn't get stuck in the door. I looked at the driver who didn't even say thank you. She just rolled her eyes as if to say, "My mother is a pain in the behind."

SORRY! She's NOT! She's a person *Holy Censor, Batman* it all and you should have gotten yourself out of the car and helped her! Oh, I wish I'd said that, but I couldn't.

The look on the old woman's face was enough. She knew someone cared, even if a stranger.

As they began to pull away I was back at my own car and all were let in. My fiance saw and heard what happened and he quickly got out of the car and ran to the car pulling out.

He went to the driver's side and I wondered what he was going to say. I knew he wouldn't cause a scene, but I just wanted to "let it go".

He came back and I watched the car pull away.

"What did you say?"

"I asked the woman driving if she was the daughter of the old woman."

"Was she?"

"Yes. I told her that she should have been the one to have helped her mother and she said that her mother was able to get in the car by herself."

I said, "What? That woman almost fell! She was struggling terribly! I couldn't even leave her!"

"I know," my fiance said, "and I told her that she should be ashamed of herself and she just looked angry and rolled her eyes."

She never said thank you.

That's not what I wanted. I just wanted her to CARE.

The Universal Law says: What you give you get back. Sadly, someday the daughter will be the one struggling with a cane, unable to get into a car, and there will be no one to help her. I hope she thinks of that and makes some changes before it's too late.

"For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged." (Matthew 7:2 NLT)

I'll walk with you andy82 Very Happy

andy82 · Tadpole Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 16

thank you for your kind offer

could you give me some advice please. i don't know really where to start with reading my bible. i am looking for guidance in how to live like a good christian..

lone-traveler · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:57 am Post subject:

Hi andy82,

I wander around the bible a lot. I believe that there is truth in every word of the bible. But it takes patience and time to study it.

I'm still learning every minute LOL...

If I have a question about something, then I usually do a word search on it. Like if I wanted to learn about the church. I would look up church, find all the verses on it and that would only be the beginning. Because then I would find that the bible speaks of churches made with stones. So I would look up stones and find all the passages on that, and see what I came up with.

I call it a treasure hunt. There's a whole lot of wisdom and a whole lot of fun in the search for truth. Definately God's word is not boring LOL..

Keep an open heart and an open mind. Let the spirit move you. It will nudge you to look for new things, and then the treasure hunt is on again..

You may get impatient and judgemental at times, this is a process we all go through. We all get discouraged and feel like we're lost. Or we're not doing it right...
That's OK.
Most people say start in the book of John. I started in Genesis. was real hard getting over all those begats..LOL

wander round the forum, pick and poke at the ideas and insights that are moving around. There is truth everywhere, even when it doesn't look like it. Some things are hidden so we have to dig deeper and this is the what keeps us motivated and excited about learning new things.

I believe everyone here shares truth in the way they understand it. And it's up to the seeker to find the treasures that are hidden.

God Bless You Andy82
Keep in good spirits Very Happy

Remember that you are called to be a light, so that means shine on!! Don't let anyone darken your hope or your faith, and be joyful in the truth that you discover.

It's a long walk, a narrow path, and we all slip and fall from time to time. But God is faithful and will pick us back up again, if we let him.

Get your pick and shovel!!

YeeHAW
Lone

andy82 · Tadpole Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 16

thank you. you have reminded me of a story i was told when i was younger. i will tell it to you.

there was a man that died and he was stood at the gates to heaven when he met st peter.

peter said to the man 'look and i will show you your life' and before them aws a beach and on the beach the man was walking and behind him where two sets of footprints.

the man turned to peter and aked ' why are there two sets of footprints? i understand that one set is mine, but who's are the others' peter smiled and told him'those footprints are from jesus when he walked with you through your life.

the man thought about this for a while then looked depondent. peter asked him what the problem was and the man replied 'if those are the footprints of jesus then why, at the most difficult times in my life, are there only one set of footprints? why did he leave me at these difficult times"

peter smiled at the man and said 'he did not leave you, he carried you"

lone-traveler · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject:

That is so true andy,
Thank you for sharing it with me Very Happy