NEED TO BE HUGGED

Here is a story about giving help to someone in need in times of danger.






        In the fall of the year, Linda, a young woman, was traveling alone up the rugged highway from Alberta to the Yukon. Linda didn't know you don't travel to Whitehorse alone in a rundown Honda Civic, so she set off where only four-wheel drive vehicles normally venture.
       The first evening she found  a room in the mountains and asked for a 5:00 a.m. wake-up call so she could get an early start. She didn't understand why the clerk looked surprised at that request but as she awoke to early morning fog shrouding the mountaintops, she understood.
       Not wanting to look foolish, she got up and went to breakfast. Two truckers invited Linda to join them and since the place was so small, she felt obliged.
       "Where are you headed?" one of the drivers asked.
       "Whitehorse."
       "In that little Civic? No way! This pass is dangerous in weather like this," the other chimed in.
       "Well, I'm determined to try," was Linda's gutsy, if not very informed response.
       "Then I guess we're just going to have to hug you," the trucker suggested.
       Linda drew back. "There's no way I'm going to let you touch me!"
       "Not like that!" the truckers chuckled. "We'll put one truck in front of you and one in the rear. That way we'll get you through the mountains."
       Have you ever been caught in the fog of life? Visibility is almost non-existent. Then, there's not only the fog to contend with, but you're faced with a mountain pass as well. The combination can be deadly. What do you do? You need help. Hopefully at a time like that you have some mature Christian friends upon whom you can call to "hug" you through such a life-situation. Someone who can lead the way as well as someone who can follow behind with gentle encouragement.
       But it doesn't stop with receiving such help. How about you? Are you willing to help someone else through the treacherous passes of life? We are to be a part of each other's life needs. Give someone a "hug" of care.






Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
    9Two are better than one,
     because they have a good return for their labor:
   10If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
    But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one else to help them up.