...........Be a Susie to Someone

It was a Monday morning in a third grade classroom. A little boy, about nine years old, was sitting at his desk. Then all of a sudden, there was a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants was wet. It has never happened before and he was sorely embarrassed. How could he face his classmates? He knew that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again for the rest of his life. He felt like his heart was going to stop. Ashamed and helpless, the boy put his head down and prayed this prayer, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat." He looked up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate by the name Susie was carrying a bowl of water. Susie tripped in front of the teacher and dumps the bowl of water on the boy's lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but within him he was saying, "Thank you Lord! Thank you Lord!"

Almost at once, the whole class got to their feet. The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The love was wonderful. All of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy became the object of sympathy, love and care. Finally, at the end of the day, as the children were waiting for the bus, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered,” You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispered back, "I wet my pants once too"

Just like that little boy, someone near you is craving for emergency help but has no idea how or where that help would come from.  Would you be a Susie to that person? He or she is putting his or her head down in despair and waiting for God to show up. Yes, God reaches people through people just like you and me. You wouldn't look away and let someone whom Christ died for die in shame, would you?

This article may just be God's dispacth order to you, his beloved redemption worker. Like little Susie, Jesus is expecting you to reach out to someone who is ashamed, hurting and helpless. Yes, that person may be responsible for his or her pain but we are to reach out without asking questions. We who have been saved must not forget where God brought us from. And yes, you don't have to wait for others to reach out. Little Susies don't. You may be the only Susie in your area. "The harvest is plenty but the labourers are few" Look out, a messed soul may just be sitting around you. Each of us has what it takes -a bowl of God's love. Reach out! Remember, we are redeemed to redeem the world!

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“Those who help others up move up with them. Those who push others down stay there with them”