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One man who followed Jesus said, "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."

An elderly man in a hospital kept calling out for his son. He asked the nurse several times during the day, "Has my son arrived yet?" The older man told her that the son had called and he had said he was on his way. As the day wore on - there was no sign of the son. When the nurse saw a tired, anxious looking young man in the hall near the older man’s room - she grabbed him and rushed him to the bedside. "Your son is here," she whispered to the patient. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. He was heavily sedated because of the pain he was going through. He dimly saw the young man standing there. He reached out his hand and the young man tightly wrapped his fingers around it, squeezing a message of encouragement. The nurse brought a chair and set it next to the bedside. All through the night the young man sat holding the old mans hand, and offering gentle words of hope. The dying man said nothing as he held tightly to his son. As dawn approached, the patient died. The young man placed the lifeless hand he had been holding all night on the bed. Then he went to notify the nurse. While the nurse did what was necessary, the young man waited. When she had finished her task, the nurse began to say words of sympathy to the young man. But he interrupted her. "Who was that man?" He asked. The startled nurse replied, "I thought he was your father." "No, he was not my father," he answered. "I never saw him before in my life. When I came in yesterday after work, I had been visiting a sick friend down the hall." "Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?" asked the nurse. He replied, "When you rushed me in there I knew that the gentleman needed his son and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew how much he needed me..."

Here is the challenge: I know you have a thousand things to do today, so do I. But if it happens,

let God interrupt your day so God can use you to help someone who is in need.

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10 “For you were created by God, to do good works,"

Prayer: Go and……."Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." Amen.

Pastor John (513)-867-5411   www.thepresby.org