We Need One Another
In the fall of the year, Linda, a young woman, was traveling alone up the rutted and rugged highway from Alberta to the Yukon. She didn't know the meaning “you don't travel to Whitehorse alone and in a rundown Honda Civic.” She was going where only four-wheel drives normally venture.
The first evening she found a room in the mountains near a summit and asked for a 5 A.M. wake-up call so she could get an early start. She couldn't understand why the clerk looked surprised at that request, but as she woke to the early-morning fog, she understood. Not wanting to look foolish, she got up and went to breakfast.
Two truckers invited Linda to join them, and since the place was so small, she felt obliged. "Where are you headed?" one of the truckers asked. "Whitehorse." "In that little Civic? No way! That pass is dangerous in weather like this." "Well, I'm determined to try," was Linda's gutsy response. "Then I guess we're just going to have to hug you," the trucker suggested. Linda drew back. "There's no way I'm going to let you touch me!" she said.
"Not like THAT!" the truckers chuckled. "We'll put one truck in front of you and one in the rear. In that way, we'll hug you and get you through the mountains."
And all that foggy morning Linda followed the two red dots in front of her and had the reassurance of a big escort behind as they made their way safely through the mountains.
Brothers and sisters, we are often caught in the fog of our dangerous passage through life and we all need to be "hugged." With fellow Christians leading the way ahead of us, and with others behind, gently encouraging us, we, too, can pass safely. WE NEED ONE ANOTHER! (Steve Shepherd)
ⓒ Pastor Lee Hangyu http://www.john316.or.kr