Faith I Don’t Have

I knew a homeschool family once that got into a car accident. Like many homeschool families they had several children. I think one of them broke their arm and another had a severe concussion. One of the boys had a lot of trouble learning and remembering after that. It was a bad accident and they were lucky to be alive. But while their injured children were waiting for the ambulance to arrive the parents left them to witness to the driver of the other vehicle because they feared he wouldn’t make it.

They didn’t go to assist the driver, they went to witness to him.

Because they didn’t want him to go to hell.

They knew their children were saved and so they were comfortable leaving them. They felt like it was their duty to ask this person if he knew Jesus.

That, my friends, is a faith I do not have. I can’t say that I would have done the same thing. I only have one child but she’s always been quite needy. I couldn’t imagine leaving her by herself or with strangers when she needed me most. Especially in a high stress situation like that.

I’m not here to tell you what’s right or wrong in this situation. I really can’t say. But I can tell you what I learned from this story. One— that bad things happen, even to good people. We live in an imperfect world and this is not our home.

Two — It’s during hard times that the Christian faith really shines. What a witness that couple has been to me and to others. So much so that I’m still thinking about it years later.

The world is watching. What kind of faith do you have during hard times?