Dreams and opportunities

Nathan:


So two nights ago I had a dream. It was one of those dreams where I was fully aware it was a dream and as the dream played out if something happened that I didn't like I would just rewind it and change how I acted (to bad we can't do that in real life). Anyways, in the dream I was pulling someone out of a burning car the car had flipped over and there was gas leaking and I had a short time to get the lady out of the car and that's what I did......WAIT REWIND. So, I'm driving down the road with my family and I see that there is an accident I tell Mel and the kids to wait in the car and that I was going to help. I rush out of the car and as I'm running up to the car I see that it is bad, gas is leaking all over the place and I know that I need to do something quickly. The car is upside down and I see one lady in the car. I rip the car door open and see the lady stuck in her seat belt and she's crying. I tell her I'm here to help her and I will get her out soon. I undo the seatbelt and pull her out of the car.......WAIT REWIND. So, I'm driving down the road with my family. We are having a great time laughing, telling jokes and singing Jesus loves me (okay so maybe I'm still adding on to the dream even now). We pull up to a wreck and it's very bad. I tell Mel and the kids I must go help and that they need to wait in the car. I rush out of the car not knowing what to expect. I see gas is leaking and there is alot of smoke. It's not pretty and I know time is short. I go to open the car door of the overturned car but the door won't open so I'm forced to kick in the car window. After kicking in the car window I see that there is one woman and 2 children in the back. I tell them that I'm here to help I would get them out as soon as I can and then I pull them out.......WAIT REWIND. Okay so everything is the same up to the point before I pull them out. So I tell them I'm here to help them and I start praying while I'm pulling them out this seems to help calm them down and in a short time I'm able to pull them out one by one and save them. I'm the hero and save the day. The End.

For the last 2 days I have been praying with the kids in the morning that God would give us opportunities to be kind to someone. Over the last 2 days I have seen many opportunities. Wednesay night I slipped and almost fell on the ice while going in to pick up the kids from awana right in front of an elderly lady. She said wow it's slippery out here and I said yes it was and then offered to walk her to her car she said yes and she put her arm in mine and I walked her to the car. It felt good to help. On the other hand earlier in that day I was driving to work and pulled up to the stop light and there was a homeless woman standing there with a sign that said "homeless please help." I was on the phone and knew that I had a dollar in my wallet but chose to ignore her. I still remember her face her eyes looked sad. When I told my girls yesterday the story of not helping the homeless woman they were very disappointed in me and I made the excuse that I see those people all the time and sometimes they are not really honest and would probably just spend the money on something not good. But as I think about it does that really matter? Should I be the judge of the people I am kind too? I'm thinking that I should just act on the opportunities given to me. I wish I could rewind and give that lady the dollar.

4 days into 365 days of kindness and I feel like my eyes have been opened. It has me constantly looking for opportunities. I'm starting to think that God gives all of us opportunities everyday we just have open our eyes to see them. No longer will I pray with the kids that God would give us opportunities but that God would open our eyes to see the opportunities. Although it would be nice to be the hero one day like my dream and save lives, the little things are important too. Like tying someones shoes when you really don't want to or being someones friend when they have no friends or spending $5 dollars of your own money to help out a friend or helping a complete stranger when they need help or giving a homeless person a dollar.

Today, is my day and I'm excited. God, I ask that you would open my eyes to the opportunities that I will have today and that I act upon them...................