A little help, please …

A few years ago someone I know posted the meme below on their Facebook timeline:

Can you relate?

I know it’s a picture of a dog, but there’s something about the awkwardness of the mutt and content of the message that most of us can relate to. Many of us have, at some point, found ourselves in an odd situation that may have looked even sillier, made us feel embarrassed, and required a little help to get out of.

In those situations, true friends often laugh hysterically while coming to our rescue. At least we know they’re laughing with us rather than laughing at us, and least they’re there for us when it matters.

Others simply laugh.

Have you ever felt the pain of being laughed at when you really needed help?

It’s painful and humiliating.

Jesus offers words of encouragement to the hurting:

“God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. God blesses you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. God blesses you who weep now, for in due time you will laugh,” Luke 6:20-21.

And to those who simply laugh, Jesus foretells of sorrows to come:

“What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now. What sorrow awaits you who are fat and prosperous now, for a time of awful hunger awaits you. What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow,” Luke 6:24-25.

How do you respond to those in your life who find themselves in an awkward situation and just need someone to help them? Do you respond with the love of Christ, or laugh as you pass by?

Scotty