Save a Life?

Wednesday

Save a Life?

“When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.   Titus 3:4-5

Michael G. Miskell worked all night and then was asked to work at a store he didn’t normally work at.   He was not too happy about this, but little did he know, God had a job for him.  After completing his duties he desperately needed a break.  He decided to take a nap in his 1961 Falcon Ranchero towards the back of the rock quarry near the dump.  After waking, he saw a few guys trying to deliver a truck camper shell to the dump, but it fell off.  He asked if they needed help to get it back on the truck.  “You can have it if you want it they offered.”  He wanted the shell and thanked them for it.  At that point, he was on his own; he tried repeatedly to get it fit right on his Ranchero.  He decided to take a walk down an embankment to find something to help in moving the heavy shell.

It was then that he saw what would be etched in his mind for a lifetime: Two lifeless little girls lying in the grass and another one sitting up in the middle.  He looked and re-checked it to make sure what he was seeing was real.  He realized it was very real and went to get help.  The life of little Carmina Salcido was saved that day.  Her now infamous father had gone on a killing spree, killing her entire family and leaving her for dead as well.

By proxy, God used Michael that day.   Carmina is 23 now (Her book: Not Lost Forever).  You never know when or how God will use you or your circumstances.  Michael  realizes he had no idea God could use him at such an odd moment: While trying to load a camper shell,  working at a different store and tired from working all night, he believes it was God that directed him there.

Be open and be ready, if you are willing, His has a purpose for you.

Lord, please use me to help Your will be done, what ever the circumstance.

This devotional was published in our local paper the same day that my husband was in an article in the same paper where he was in the right place at the right time and saved several lives!