Jesus made himself known to me twice. Not physically, not with a voice or a sign but spiritually, in my actions towards other people!
First thing that happened was after work I started to walk home. Around 15 minutes later just before I reached the street to go down to, there was a parked car and an elderly man with his wife in the passenger seat wanting some help.
They were from Australia, and he caught my attention. He asked for directions to a hotel which had printed on a paper, along with the address and phone number. He had a map of Edinburgh City but he couldn't see which street/road on the map to find this hotel.
So I took out my iPhone to see if I can put in the name of the street and postcode into the map application. But I couldn’t connect online, I tried to look on the map for him but still I couldn’t find the street. After a few minutes of trying to help him I had no luck. Until I realised, just call the hotel number silly! So I said to the man that I will call up the hotel and find out where they are.
So the man from the hotel told me which way they should go and long and behold the Ocean Terminal docks where there is a big shopping centre, is on the map which is where the hotel is! The man was appreciative of me going through so much to help him where most people would just say sorry I don’t know and walk on.
He said;
“let me give you a fiver or something”
I said;
“No! No, no, no, no, don’t be silly! Don’t worry about it”
He shook my hand and thanked me for helping him; I said;
"I hope you find the place ok”
He said;
“Don’t worry we will thanks again”
2 days later, last Thursday, I finished late and I went out to eat at the restaurant next door to my work.
After my meal, I went to get some money to get a taxi but then just as I got outside and approached a taxi cab, something urged me to not take the taxi and just walk homes so I done just that.
As I was walking down the street again, I remembered how I helped the 2 Australian tourists and said to myself;
“I wonder if I’m going to help someone else this time!”
Then suddenly at almost the same spot, a man (Scottish) was trying desperately to just ask someone to lend him 50p for the bus as he didn’t have enough and his feet were killing him from walking.
He said no one would help him or they looked at him funny or he bumped into people that didn’t speak English.
I said;
“Well I don’t think I got change just a £10 note, no sorry I don’t have change. Oh wait, I can go to a store and just get some change”
He was so shocked and stunned; he didn’t know what to say. I lost count how many times he said thank you to me. We went over the road to a small news agent store I bought some bread and gave him some change.
He said;
“Oh man, I can’t believe it, I can’t thank you enough If I run into you again I’ll give you the money back. Do you know how many people looked at me funny when I asked people if they could spare some change? Most of them were polish, rest looked at me funny as if I was wearing poor shabby clothes begging for money.”
We had a very long open chat about stuff, first about homosexuals and that he doesn’t mind it but like me he said he doesn’t agree morally, that they should be married, together having sex or even worse, bringing a child into the home.
I said I agree and told him my views that, no one can help being gay when they are born, but when they get married, sleep around or adopt a child into that environment is totally wrong and how much the child would suffer and be so confused. He also spoke about his daughter and told me his wife died some time ago.
That her daughter decided to be gay, again he said he had no problems with that, but she wanted some special treatment where she could get pregnant and share the baby with another girl.
He was so against it and I couldn’t agree more. He then spoke about Muslims and how many of them there are and that most just get brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers and he feels we should wipe them all out, they are all evil.
I said;
“You can’t judge every Muslim as a terrorist not all will do that and wanting to kill them all does not make you any better than them. Just be the better person, a decent human being and don’t resort to their level.”
He said he fully understands and he was just sharing his opinion because today, you can’t talk openly about anything anymore.
After the conversation he said;
“If I run into you again I’ll give you the money back, but really thanks again, You are a good guy, you are truly a good man, I’m so glad I ran into you”
My pastor told me;
“Praise be to God, you are the light, Jesus Christ lives in you and it shows how you helped those people!”
I will not fully understand why this happened twice in the week but I know God made it happen to show me how much Jesus lives in me. Instead of paying lots for a taxi cab, the Holy Spirit urged me to walk home instead but now I realised it was to help this man.
To show kindness, love and offer help to those people who needed it. In a way it reminded me of Jesus or demonstrated what Jesus would do if he was here now. It was like his spirit was in me showing himself with the help I gave those people.
God Bless
Richard
First thing that happened was after work I started to walk home. Around 15 minutes later just before I reached the street to go down to, there was a parked car and an elderly man with his wife in the passenger seat wanting some help.
They were from Australia, and he caught my attention. He asked for directions to a hotel which had printed on a paper, along with the address and phone number. He had a map of Edinburgh City but he couldn't see which street/road on the map to find this hotel.
So I took out my iPhone to see if I can put in the name of the street and postcode into the map application. But I couldn’t connect online, I tried to look on the map for him but still I couldn’t find the street. After a few minutes of trying to help him I had no luck. Until I realised, just call the hotel number silly! So I said to the man that I will call up the hotel and find out where they are.
So the man from the hotel told me which way they should go and long and behold the Ocean Terminal docks where there is a big shopping centre, is on the map which is where the hotel is! The man was appreciative of me going through so much to help him where most people would just say sorry I don’t know and walk on.
He said;
“let me give you a fiver or something”
I said;
“No! No, no, no, no, don’t be silly! Don’t worry about it”
He shook my hand and thanked me for helping him; I said;
"I hope you find the place ok”
He said;
“Don’t worry we will thanks again”
2 days later, last Thursday, I finished late and I went out to eat at the restaurant next door to my work.
After my meal, I went to get some money to get a taxi but then just as I got outside and approached a taxi cab, something urged me to not take the taxi and just walk homes so I done just that.
As I was walking down the street again, I remembered how I helped the 2 Australian tourists and said to myself;
“I wonder if I’m going to help someone else this time!”
Then suddenly at almost the same spot, a man (Scottish) was trying desperately to just ask someone to lend him 50p for the bus as he didn’t have enough and his feet were killing him from walking.
He said no one would help him or they looked at him funny or he bumped into people that didn’t speak English.
I said;
“Well I don’t think I got change just a £10 note, no sorry I don’t have change. Oh wait, I can go to a store and just get some change”
He was so shocked and stunned; he didn’t know what to say. I lost count how many times he said thank you to me. We went over the road to a small news agent store I bought some bread and gave him some change.
He said;
“Oh man, I can’t believe it, I can’t thank you enough If I run into you again I’ll give you the money back. Do you know how many people looked at me funny when I asked people if they could spare some change? Most of them were polish, rest looked at me funny as if I was wearing poor shabby clothes begging for money.”
We had a very long open chat about stuff, first about homosexuals and that he doesn’t mind it but like me he said he doesn’t agree morally, that they should be married, together having sex or even worse, bringing a child into the home.
I said I agree and told him my views that, no one can help being gay when they are born, but when they get married, sleep around or adopt a child into that environment is totally wrong and how much the child would suffer and be so confused. He also spoke about his daughter and told me his wife died some time ago.
That her daughter decided to be gay, again he said he had no problems with that, but she wanted some special treatment where she could get pregnant and share the baby with another girl.
He was so against it and I couldn’t agree more. He then spoke about Muslims and how many of them there are and that most just get brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers and he feels we should wipe them all out, they are all evil.
I said;
“You can’t judge every Muslim as a terrorist not all will do that and wanting to kill them all does not make you any better than them. Just be the better person, a decent human being and don’t resort to their level.”
He said he fully understands and he was just sharing his opinion because today, you can’t talk openly about anything anymore.
After the conversation he said;
“If I run into you again I’ll give you the money back, but really thanks again, You are a good guy, you are truly a good man, I’m so glad I ran into you”
My pastor told me;
“Praise be to God, you are the light, Jesus Christ lives in you and it shows how you helped those people!”
I will not fully understand why this happened twice in the week but I know God made it happen to show me how much Jesus lives in me. Instead of paying lots for a taxi cab, the Holy Spirit urged me to walk home instead but now I realised it was to help this man.
To show kindness, love and offer help to those people who needed it. In a way it reminded me of Jesus or demonstrated what Jesus would do if he was here now. It was like his spirit was in me showing himself with the help I gave those people.
God Bless
Richard
