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I was too young to remember, but my mother often reminded me of the story of how one night

she left out in the rain to drive me to my grandparents' house three hours away.

Somewhere along the secluded highway, blinded by dark and driving rain, we got a flat.

Cell phones and triple A wouldn't be invented for another 30 years, so she sat in the car

and cried, with me helpless in the back seat.

Suddenly, headlights appeared in her rear-view mirror.

She heard a man say, stay in your car, lock the doors, and open your trunk.

Just later, she felt the car getting jacked up as he repaired her flat.

He then knocked on the trunk and said, you are good to go, but be careful.

She never saw his face, but she trusted in his help.

She never had a chance to thank him, but she would be eternally grateful for the good

deed he chose to do.

So often, it seems the opposite of doing something good isn't doing something bad,

but rather choosing to not do anything at all.

Have you ever ignored someone's need and turned away from doing something good?

This meditation from 1 Thessalonians 5 is a contemplation on doing good,

turning away from complacency and choosing to do good.

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