I heard a very thought-provoking comment today at church. I attend a church where members of the congregation give the sermons. A mother made a very important observation to her children who are watching a newscast that depicted violence. It scared the children. She said look for the helpers.

This is a wonderful thing to remember. With the increase of violence in major cities and in the various neighborhoods we often overlook people that devote their lives to helping other people. There are not just police officers and firemen. There people who take six weeks out their lives to train as CERT volunteers, or people who train to be HAM specialists. People help in neighborhood projects and their communities. Some help build homes with a habitat. There are people that volunteer their time to help people rest homes be less lonely.  People who will help fill sand bags in flooding.

Some people will risk their lives to help others.

The nice thing about news media is that I’m able to hear more of the positive stories and not just all negative stories. People risk their lives to help others. One of the most recent stories I heard was a five inmates there in jail. The guard outside the confinement had a heart attack. The five inmates broke through their cell to be able to call help for the hurt guard. The guard survived his heart attack. And these five inmates showed great caliber.

Today’s blog is an invitation for us to look for the helpers in various aspects of our lives. Those who choose careers that are geared to help people ranging from teachers to the personnel in hospitals and the thoughtful neighbors.

My invitation is that we follow their example in any way we feel we can.

Object lesson: floating balls in the tub of water.

The little water and then drops of a balls into the water. The J hand in the tub and start making wide circles in the water so that the balls will gradually store it following the current made by your hand. The balls start following the current/example of the hand. People choose to be good Samaritans by personal actions by the careers they choose.

We can be the hand of influence in our own lives.