A Friend to Lean on

--by eleutheria, posted Oct 14, 2007

The doorbell rang... it was 9am, and I was sleeping in. I wondered weather or not I should ignore it, roll over and go back to sleep. I thought I had better answer it, it could be an emergency.

A woman stood at my door, with a scarf over her head, covering her hair, and she said 'Hello, is your Mum in?' I said she was on holiday, but did she want to come in anyway.

It turns out she is an aunt of a friend of mine, who Iv lost contact with. They are refugees from Afghanistan, and her brother had just been murdered back in their home land, she was crying, and had remembered how my family had looked after her neice when she needed it, and came to find us. She just needed a shoulder to cry on.

We sat together for 6 hours while she cried, I read from my bible some positive scriptures, which explain the hope of the resurrection of our dead loved ones back to the earth, and I comforted her by explaining that if you draw close to God, he will draw close to you, and he may not be able to prevent our problems right now, but can help us to cope with them.

She was so greatfull, and when I handed her a copy of 'What does the Bible really teach' she smiled and promised to read it from cover to cover.

I took her address, and promised to visit her soon, to see how shes doing. I posted her £5 anonymously, its not much, but I'm sure it will help her a little, and put a smile card in the envelope.

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Posted by eleutheria
Oct 14, 2007
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Mink73a wrote: Reading your story while sitting in the comfort and safety of my home in California, sometimes it is easy to forget that pain, suffering, loss and faith and belief touch us all. Even or especially when it seems to be a million miles from where we are.
You could have rolled over and ignored the door; but you opened your door and your heart to someone who really needed you. You are blessed.

wings wrote: The Bible is
a Book of Instruction before leaving earth.

lovebug wrote: I have to agree with moi73ka, you are blessed. If you a called to open a door and you open it, you are blessed.Thanks for sharing the instruction book. You might never know how many doors she will open for others.

oldlady wrote: YOU ARE TRULY BLESSED. NOT ONLY DID YOU HELP HER HEART BUT YOUR OWN AS WELL.

AURELIA wrote: The Holy Spirit works in wondrous ways through us. I am so happy you were able to help comfort her because you knew your bible. Good for you. Faith is a marvelous gift and you've passed some onto her and gained a new friend. I will be praying for and the deceased members of her family. GOD BLess. ~Aurelia

Angel4eva wrote: i love to lie in but if that were to have happened to me i would have gotten out of bed straight away!

JuneBug wrote: Very touching story! I'm sure the Lord sent her to you....

Samantha Pura! wrote: Hey, i think that was totally awesome, wat you did! Ive done something similar to wat you did! That girl girl is truly lucky to have a friend like you!! :]
byeeee.

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