Are you in the mood for some wisdom?...................

If so, check out the Jan 3 post of Random.

Go ahead, you can come back and finish reading this when you are done.

Okay, wasn't that worth reading?

Yesterday I was listening to Dave Ramsey, and one of the stories went something like this: "My mom has a brain tumor that has caused her to become bedridden, unable to walk or talk. She gets insurance checks, and using the ATM I am able to cash those checks, and pay most of the bills using her debit card. Since she has become ill, I have saved about $800.00, and I'm wondering where I can put this to get the most growth out of it."

So Dave goes on to ask the caller why he doesn't just open an account, and it comes out that the caller is a sixteen year old kid. His father has already passed away, and his mother is only thirty-six years old. Being a minor, he can't open accounts without parental signature, and he is deathly afraid that if he tells anyone what is going on that they will take him away from his mother and put him into foster care.

And I thought I had problems!

Two reasons I listen to Dave: The advise he gave the sixteen year old was to say, "If it were his kids in that situation he would want them to contact a church member for help so they didn't have to go through something this hard alone." He gave wise council while not making the kid feel like he should have been doing something diffent than he had been doing.

Of course, after the story was on, tons of people e-mailed Dave wanting to help this particular child. Dave's advice, "There are all kinds of people right in your own little corner of the world that you can reach out and help. Use this story to prompt you to help someone out that is hurting near you."

For every tragedy that makes it onto the news there are hundreds, thousands that go un-noticed. If each of us were on the lookout for these on our block, in our towns, many more people could be identified and possibly helped. Just to know someone is out there caring about and praying for these situations would be a great asset. Even though it's origin is political, the following is a great statement to live by: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." I like to substitute fellow man for country, but the point is still the same. Help someone else. It will make you feel GREAT!