by Keith Wommack
The policeman grabbed a would-be suicide victim and held on with all his might. He saved him because he knew he couldn’t live if he didn’t. Where does that kind of unselfish love come from?
I once read a book or a sermon about a place in Hawaii called the Polly. There the winds from the north come breaking through a great ridge of rocks and of mountain. Quite a blast of wind comes rushing through this natural wind tunnel. People like to go up there to get their hair blown around and feel the strength of the wind. And occasionally someone will go to the Polly to commit suicide.
Many years ago a police car was on its way up the road leading near the Polly when the officers saw that beyond a railing a young man was clearly just about to jump. The police car stopped. One of the policemen leaped out of the car and grabbed the young man just as he jumped. And both would have gone over the ledge if the second policeman hadn’t grabbed the two of them and pulled them back.
There was a long description of this in the newspaper at the time. And the policeman was asked why he didn’t let go? He answered, “I couldn’t let go. If I had let that man go, I couldn’t have lived another day of my life.”
Even though I read about it a long time ago, and I’m not sure about the exact source of this story, it made an impression on me. This is universal, infinite Love, God. The policeman, at that moment, dropped all thought for his career, his wants, his family, and life. His one focus was on saving a stranger. Personal sense had yielded the floor. Love was allowed the moment. I think you might like to read what Mary Baker Eddy says in Miscellaneous Writings (p. 290) about this type of “individual blessedness and blessing.”
Loving actions such as these seem like quite a sacrifice to our human sense of things. The ultimate sacrifice was seen in Christ Jesus’ crucifixion. Love expressing itself appeared also to the world as Mary Baker Eddy’s life work. Her life was filled with sacrifice for the good of mankind. And your life and my life can also leave a great impress, as well, if we will understand that we can love universally, impersonally, consistently because we are Love’s self-expression. We can allow Love to animate and motivate us this moment, the next, and the next.
I’m finding that every time I give of my time, every unselfish act is Love being Love. Now, kind acts do not help you and I get into heaven. They are how Love experiences heaven right where we are. When I am compassionate to you, right there, is Love revealing and being Love.
Our place in the divine order of Love being Love can never be changed. Love will always have an expression. As we are alert to allow Love each moment there will be no trace of a selfhood separate from Love which clamors for love or denies love. Love being Love will always appear as you caring for me and me allowing Love to own the moment.
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Keith: Thanks. Good job.
I’m always grateful for every proof of God’s gift of vitality. (Enjoyed Jo Anne’s honk story Wed).
Thursday night I had a project due and about midnight fatigue started to set in. The lesson Wed. was so good…and your comment about: “Quit messing with God’s story” came to mind… and several verses about: “awake, thou that sleepest…. by twoish I was mostly finished and went on to bed. The alarm at six did it’s job and I was refreshed.
Isn’t is grand, the positive light, and inspiration CS has for all.
By the way, I’m still progressing with “Rolling Away the Stone”. Enjoyed several more pages last night before retiring. If you need the book back, let me know. Otherwise I’ll get it done!
Happy trails,
Doug
God is gooooood.
This is such a perfect reminder that we are all one family, borne of Love. Thank you so much! One little side note is that this area is called the “Pali”. (meaning cliffs in Hawaiian).
Mahalo for your sharing!
Such a clear, simple thought that holds such loving power for every moment of our lives. Thank you for the Misc Writings reference, too.