Doing What's Right

One of the stories I read in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this morning had to do with a cab driver who discovered that a bag with valuables in it had been left in his cab.

There was diamond jewelry, an expensive watch, an iPod and other stuff worth a good bit of money.

The cab driver did the right thing and found the rightful owner and returned it.

That this story made the paper does not bother me at all. People who do the right thing should be noticed and applauded.

The tone of the story, amazement, is what makes me stop and think.

The idea conveyed was that it was almost unbelievable that this man would return things that could have so easily kept.

He could have worn the watch, given the diamond jewelry to his wife or other female and converted the iPod for his own use. No one would have been the wiser.

What does it say about us as a society that we are amazed when someone does the right thing? Whatever happened to the time when we expected that people would do the right thing almost always?

People used to take seriously God's command that we should not steal.

People used to understand that ill-gotten gain included things that were found and kept unless every effort was made to find the rightful owner first.

Even Opie had to wait 30 days for the $50.00 he found in the lost wallet. And even after the 30 days had passed, Sheriff Taylor, as good a daddy as sheriff, helped Opie understand that he had to return the money when the man showed up a couple of days after the time limit.

I pray for a day when once again everyone expects everyone else, and himself as well, to do the right thing all the time.

I pray for a day when we still applaud those who do, not because we consider it unusual, but because doing right things is the Godly choice for life.

There is only one true way. There is only one totally right choice. That way, that choice, is to follow Jesus. To receive Him and to love and walk with God.

Love Him today. If you have not embraced Him as your Savior, invite Him into your heart today. It is amazing the difference He will make.

Please remember to pray for revival. Please remember to pray for our leadership. God hears our prayers and He will answer. In His good time. In His good way. Let's just do our part and pray.

In His Love
Walter