Last night, Alli was driving back to Warrensburg to go back to college. Right in front of her, there was a big pile up. Multiple cars. She had to go into the median to avoid it.
Many people were hurt, and were stuck in their cars. She went from car to car checking on the injured and talking to them until the ambulances arrived.
I am sure that she was nervous, but I am also sure that the people in the cars were comforted by her caring demeanor and calming words.
At least for sure, her father is very proud of her. I was anyway, but wow, what a good kid. 21 year old woman, I mean.
I am sure that this is how our heavenly father feels about you many times. Every time that you go out of your way to help someone else. Everytime you look into the eyes of someone who is hurting. Everytime you deliver grace. He is extra proud. Someone will need your touch today, let's make him proud.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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That's awesome--especially for such a young person. Tell Alli we're all proud of her. I know what it's like to be proud of a daughter. A few years ago, my youngest daughter (she was 30 at the time)saw a man struggling to keep his head above water in the Gulf of Mexico and he was holding an infant. She ran down the beach, dove in the water and got to him just after he was able to hand the baby off to someone else. She saved his life. My middle daughter and I talked about it yesterday after your sermon. She said she didn't think that she would have been able to do that and she was so amazed by her sister. My thought is, why do we wait to act when it's almost too late. I mean, we should make it a point every day to help in some small way. We may not be saving lives, but we might be making a difference in someone's. A couple of weeks ago I got several cards and flowers from dear friends that knew I might be having a tough week--I hope they all know how much they touched my heart and lifted me up when I needed it.
Love.....I love it!
And God kept HER safe.......
Jeff,
What an interesting day for this topic in your blog. This must have been a day for these kind of selfless events and appreciation for your children. I was looking for an appropriate place to share "my" story of 3-23-09 and this would seem to be it!
Perhaps you saw on the local news that my daughter, Krista, lost control of her vehicle Monday evening - not far North of our church on Lakewood Way and ended up in a pond (Crown Point Church to be exact) - quickly sinking and unable to get out of her car.
God clearly had His hand in looking over her when there was no way I could. In a 2 minute time frame when my daughter's last thought was "this is going to be a horrible way to die", passerby Jeff Jackson jumped in the lake, swam to her car and managed to get the door open and my daughter out - as the water was up to her chin and just seconds before the car sank. He truly saved her and our family from a horrible end.
My thoughts as I sat in the ambulance with my wet, blanket wrapped daughter - looking outside at the wet, blanket wrapped Jeff Jackson were of your sermon just the day before. World changing, life saving moments. Dates and people we should remember forever, and who among us would risk our lives for another?
I'm still trying to connect the dots between your sermon, the recognition of Jesus' ultimate sacrifice for our eternal lives - and this human illustration of God and His character still working through others in our daily lives. If nothing else - I "get it" that He's there! He's done it. He continues to "do" it, and we owe Him in a BIG way - things we can never repay. This was a very human, very real, "right here right now" reminder of that for me.
Thank God for when He intervenes and the outcome is life and being rescued from a horrible fate. I pray that my children and I can understand and appreciate the eternal aspect of that - as well as we can see and feel so clearly the immediate earthly gift in a situation like this.
Thanks for letting me share > Ron M.
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