Monday, September 05, 2005

Helping


After work, I drove to my girlfriend working place to fetch her. While I was waiting in the car, people knocked at my windows. I thought is my girlfriend but she is not. She is a total stranger. I opened my windows, she say she miss the bus, she asked me to fetch her home. I was shocked. It is uncommon in my area, recently newspaper reported a lot of rape and rob case. This brave girl is asking a stranger to fetch her home. My girlfriend came, and we drove her home. My girlfriend implicitly warning her about precaution. Someone say that a girl is harmful too. A girl can take off her clothes and accuse you of sexual harassment. Their aim is money. A girl can just rape a man, I do not believe and do not think so. It is like a joke to me. Who want to rape me anyway? A stranger girl approaching is a miracle to me. Someone say people can just leads you to a preset trap and rob you. This is possible I believe. And this happen quite often in my place.

Am I wrong to fetch a lonely and little girl home? When I was a child, teacher teach me a Chinese proverb which means “Helping is the source of happiness.” But in the very age, helping really not easy. It take risk and it is challenging. If I am robbed because helping, am I not going to help anymore? Definitely Jesus have some teaching on this, I think I read that but forget. Can somebody help me? But I do very sure one of the Jesus teaching as the following:


(Luke 10:30-37)
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. “Look after him,” he said, “and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.” "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."

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