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Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 02:20 PM
I had an experience today that made me think alot about people.
I was on my way to take my daughter to a day camp at the school were I work, from there the campers were going to a baseball game. On the way my Suburban broke down. I pulled over to the side of the road and lifted the hood. I called my husband and told him that the "spinny, spokey, fan-looking thing was smoking really bad" (now try to said that fast while you are in panic voice!). The most intelligent man that I know, could not make out what I was saying and so he asked me to take a picture and send it to him. After I did he said, "it's the alternator, call road-side assitance" (he works an hour from home). So I called and my 10 year-old daughter and I proceeded to wait on the side of the road for an hour. Not a single person stopped.
In the meantime I was 3 miles from the school and I proceeded to call anyone I could think of to come and pick her up so that se could make it to her camp. most people didn't answer their cell phones and the ones who did answer, didn't offer. I was so frustrated! unfortunately I didn't have the numbers for our pastor with me (he would have come!) I also didnt have my best friends' work number, she would have come too.
So the truck driver pulls up and he is a ringer for the actor, Michael Clarke Duncan (look him up). All 7 feet of him! He proceeds to take our Burb home and when he found out that I would have to take a taxi to where my husband's truck was parked, he insisted on driving us (because the little girl can't miss her ball game". He was my 7 foot tall, sweaty, Angel!
But to the point, I was relating this story to a friend and she said, "well what do you expect, people don't want to stop, they are scared". I said, "I realize that we are people with a sin nature, and so the "right thing" doesn't always come naturally, but I want to live in a 9/12 world".
She replied, a 9/12 world?"
I said remember the day after 9/11 and months following, people gave their own blood, and money, and homes to help others" What have we come to that people won't stop for a woman and a littlle girl.... Remind you of anything from scripture?
Any thoughts?
What would you do? What if you drove by someone tomorrow?

steve p
07-10-2008, 02:26 PM
Good post....what would I do?...I really cant say....I need to pray and meditate on this.
I want to say...OH I WOULD STOP AND HELP....but....in reality...I havent in the past!
Once again, good post!
Blessings!

MawMaw
07-10-2008, 02:41 PM
I agree a very good post.

It's hard to trust anymore.

Had I been you I probably would not even have had the trust to crawl up in a big truck with a 7 foot sweaty "angel" either!!.......although I do wonder how many angels we really do miss.

Baron1710
07-10-2008, 02:58 PM
God was punishing you for sending that sweet little girl to a baseball game.

Mercy
07-10-2008, 03:08 PM
I typically dont stop because of the danger in the situation (being cute and female...everyone wants me!!...kidding) but I do often (more times than not) call the police or the # on my DL to let the officials know there is a stalled person, or if its on fire (for some reason I have had to call 911 about cars being on fire a lot). I try and help in ways that are beneficial....and safe. There has been times (one just earlier this year) where I witnessed a wreck and I stopped/stayed until help arrived. In part to make sure help came, and in part because I would want someone to do it for me.

Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 03:36 PM
God was punishing you for sending that sweet little girl to a baseball game.

Funny....

Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 03:40 PM
I typically dont stop because of the danger in the situation (being cute and female...everyone wants me!!...kidding) but I do often (more times than not) call the police or the # on my DL to let the officials know there is a stalled person, or if its on fire (for some reason I have had to call 911 about cars being on fire a lot). I try and help in ways that are beneficial....and safe. There has been times (one just earlier this year) where I witnessed a wreck and I stopped/stayed until help arrived. In part to make sure help came, and in part because I would want someone to do it for me.

Very recently we had a similar experience, A very bad car accident happened right in front of our house, I ran up and and started praying for the woman in the drivers seat (I saw someone else had called 911) and I stayed with her until help arrived. There was little else I could do because her car was so bad that the jaws of life had to eventually get her out, but I couldn't stand ion my front yard and watch someone possibly die without a prayer (literally)


Do you think society has turned us into the preists and levites in the story of the Good Samaritan?

Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 03:50 PM
I heard about this in a class I was taking... But here is the story

http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/soc_psych/darley_samarit.html

This is another page's "crib notes"

"The Biblical story of the Good Samaritan, if you hadn't heard, is about a passing Samaritan helping an injured man in need, while other, self-righteous types walk right on by. Psychologists John Darley and C. Daniel Batson wanted to test if religion has any effect on helpful behavior.

"Their subjects were a group of seminary students. Half of the students were given the story of the Good Samaritan and asked to perform a sermon about it in another building. The other half were told to give a sermon about job opportunities in a seminary.

As an extra twist, subjects were given different times that they had to deliver the sermon so that some would be in a hurry and others not.

Then, on the way to the building, subjects would pass a person slumped in an alleyway, who looked to be in need of help. We like to think Darley and Batson beat the (stuffing) out of some random dude to make it more realistic, but sources say otherwise.
The Result:
The people who had been studying the Good Samaritan story did not stop any more often than the ones preparing for a speech on job opportunities. The factor that really seemed to make a difference was how much of a hurry the students were in.

In fact, if pressed for time, only 10 percent would stop to give any aid, even when they were on their way to give a sermon about how awesome it is for people to stop and give aid. Though to be fair, if you were late for a class, did your professor ever accept, "I had to stop and help a wounded traveler" as an excuse? Probably not unless you could produce the guy's blood-stained shirt as evidence." http://www.cracked

What do you think??

Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 04:14 PM
I agree a very good post.

It's hard to trust anymore.

Had I been you I probably would not even have had the trust to crawl up in a big truck with a 7 foot sweaty "angel" either!!.......although I do wonder how many angels we really do miss.

When he got out of his truck I called him my knight in a shining armor tow truck, I think he thought I was bonkers...
Then when we got to the house I offered (and brought) him a glass of ice water, he said no one had done that before... kind of sad

tstew
07-10-2008, 04:33 PM
God was punishing you for sending that sweet little girl to a baseball game.

Hilarious.....but the devil sent a big sweaty demon to make sure this evil plan came to fruition. :evilglee

Hoovie
07-10-2008, 04:57 PM
Moved this thread out of the debate room to the Fellowship Hall.

Ron
07-10-2008, 05:04 PM
Nope. Something happened when we entered the new millennium in 2000.

It is a different world.

Just my observation.

Ferd
07-10-2008, 05:05 PM
I just figured out this connection! LOL!

OnenessWoman
07-10-2008, 05:28 PM
Nope. Something happened when we entered the new millennium in 2000.

It is a different world.

Just my observation.

While I agree with the idea that the world has taken quite a turn for the worse in many aspects, I experienced the same thing in the last millenia.

The only person who bothered to stop was someone I knew who happened to be passing by after we spend a very long time on the side of the road in an area where walking to anywhere would have been at least a couple of miles and we did not have a working cellphone with us.

dizzyde
07-10-2008, 05:54 PM
This was a fantastic post girlfriend, you are an up and comer on the forum for sure!!!

I always try to help if it seems like I can without placing my life in jeopardy. But there have been times when I left a situation feeling very conflicted and sad because I felt like I should have done something but just couldn't convince myself it was safe. I hate it that that is the world we live in.

Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 06:11 PM
I have thought long and hard about this all day... Why is it that the world says that tithing is crazy, and yet we embrace it with open arms and trust God. He gave the parable of the talents and we understand it, and try to replicate the example. But the parable of the Good Samaritan is overlooked...
We think of it as helping someone in the church, or somone who has come to church, or maybe even an unsaved family member. Christ was VERY explicit that this was not only a stranger, but a beaten and bloody one...
Maybe I am looking too deeply at this, but God has really been moving on me.

When I went to the commuter station to get my husband tonight (because I had to take his truck from there) two men were standing by a car with the hood up, even though I NEVER would have done it before, I drove over and asked if they needed any help, a phone or a ride. They said someone was on there way, but thanks...

I hope that this experience has changed how I look at the world!

Pro31:28
07-10-2008, 06:56 PM
Hilarious.....but the devil sent a big sweaty demon to make sure this evil plan came to fruition. :evilglee

Hey He wasn't a demon!
I even gave him a loaf of banana bread!

Bro-Larry
07-10-2008, 09:47 PM
I had an experience today that made me think alot about people.

She replied, a 9/12 world?"
I said remember the day after 9/11 and months following, people gave their own blood, and money, and homes to help others" What have we come to that people won't stop for a woman and a littlle girl.... Remind you of anything from scripture?
Any thoughts?
What would you do? What if you drove by someone tomorrow?

I used to stop and help almost anyone, especially a woman. But now days, you assume everyone has a cell, and often, when I have stopped to help, the woman seemed to be too frightened to even roll the window down. So I rarely even stop any more. I usually just pass 'em on by. :crazy:crazy:aaa:aaa

Yesterday, however I did stop. I had seen her when I was going to McDonalds, and so I said to myself, "Self, if she is there, when you come back toward home, you stop and ask if you can help. Maybe she has some banana bread." I said to myself, "OK, Bro-Lar, I'll do that."

I try to size up the situation, as much as possible, to minimize their anxiety. I saw she had her window partially down, because of the heat. I also noted that there was a lot of traffic there. I always try to stop in front of their vehicle, to be sure they see me and maybe I won't frighten them." She said her husband was on his way, so I went on my way.

That's my thoughts. That's what I did, when I drove by someone yesterday. BTW: she didn't offer me any banana bread.

Rico
07-10-2008, 10:20 PM
I generally will not stop to help a man, if he is by himself. I will stop for a man with his family. If a woman has a child or other women with her I will stop to help. I generally will not stop if a woman is by herself though.

Cindy
07-10-2008, 10:31 PM
I will usually stop and ask if they need help, or if I can call someone for them. What I really hate is seeing someone walking in 90+ heat in here. If I know them, which is likely here, I will give them a ride. If they are not among the ever growing meth and crack users in our little town.

Pro31:28
07-11-2008, 03:41 AM
I used to stop and help almost anyone, especially a woman. But now days, you assume everyone has a cell, and often, when I have stopped to help, the woman seemed to be too frightened to even roll the window down. So I rarely even stop any more. I usually just pass 'em on by. :crazy:crazy:aaa:aaa

Yesterday, however I did stop. I had seen her when I was going to McDonalds, and so I said to myself, "Self, if she is there, when you come back toward home, you stop and ask if you can help. Maybe she has some banana bread." I said to myself, "OK, Bro-Lar, I'll do that."

I try to size up the situation, as much as possible, to minimize their anxiety. I saw she had her window partially down, because of the heat. I also noted that there was a lot of traffic there. I always try to stop in front of their vehicle, to be sure they see me and maybe I won't frighten them." She said her husband was on his way, so I went on my way.

That's my thoughts. That's what I did, when I drove by someone yesterday. BTW: she didn't offer me any banana bread.

Well Silly,
My Banana Bread was at home and he only got it because he drove me home... LOL

But honestly maybe someone on the forum was supposed to see it, because God has a special crossing of paths for a distressed motorist. If anyone benefits from my post, then to God be the Glory!

Pro31:28
07-11-2008, 03:43 AM
This was a fantastic post girlfriend, you are an up and comer on the forum for sure!!!

I always try to help if it seems like I can without placing my life in jeopardy. But there have been times when I left a situation feeling very conflicted and sad because I felt like I should have done something but just couldn't convince myself it was safe. I hate it that that is the world we live in.


:friend ` awww, geez, Thanks Dizzy!

Pro31:28
07-11-2008, 07:15 AM
I generally will not stop to help a man, if he is by himself. I will stop for a man with his family. If a woman has a child or other women with her I will stop to help. I generally will not stop if a woman is by herself though.

Why not?

Baron1710
07-11-2008, 11:19 AM
When he got out of his truck I called him my knight in a shining armor tow truck, I think he thought I was bonkers...
Then when we got to the house I offered (and brought) him a glass of ice water, he said no one had done that before... kind of sad

Yes, but you always knock people over with your hospitality. If folks on here knew there would be a line at the front door, that's why I am there to run them all off.