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Thursday, June 27, 2013

It's More Than Just "Show Up"....

Have you ever felt like you are just "supposed to be" at this one place, take this certain job, or sit in this certain seat? Have you ever wondered why that is?

Let me tell you this story I heard a few years back. All true. All as a result of one persons act of kindness, because they just "felt" they needed to do this.

A young boy and his mom were in Florida on a busy street. When they reached the corner his mom looked down at him and said "You wait here, I will be back."

Of coarse, she never came back.

He watched for her. For three days he watched for her. Hungry, scared and very, very alone. He was scared to leave that corner because what if his mom came back and he missed her?

On that third day, Dave Rudenis, a local mechanic, found him there. Realizing what had happened, he took the boy home.

He felt like he should pay this young 12 year old boy's way to summer camp. It was a Christian summer camp. It was during THAT camp that Bill Wilson committed his life to God. Then everything changed.

Today, because of that moment, because that one man followed through with what he "felt he was supposed to do", millions of lives have been changed for the better.....starting with Bill Wilson's.

I met Bill Wilson a few years back. Some of the things that I learned that he does is rescue children out of the sex slave trade, he has a bus service and church service for over 100,000  "forgotten children" weekly, he does mission trips, raises money for those most in need, and has made it his personal goal to reach the lost and change lives......because he "feels like he should".

(Here is the link to his website. http://www.metroworldchild.org/about-us/bill-wilson )

So what is the difference between us and the man that helped Bill Wilson? What is the difference between us and Bill Wilson?

They didn't just think about it.......they thought about it....THEN they did it.

I encourage you today...listen to that voice on the inside. If you have a dream, or even if its just a "thought of a dream", you should do it. Step over from just thinking about it, to making it a reality.

You could be a "Dave Rudenis", or maybe you are the "Bill Wilson". In whichever case.....Step out, get moving, and change the world. One person at a time.

They are waiting.