My neighbor helped me out no need for plow thanks
Like · · January 7 at 5:53pm

I saw the above quote on FB earlier and it just stood out to me. This past week we were hammered with a pretty tough winter storm.   A lot of us were snowed in with no access to the roads as they were hidden under piles of freshly fallen snow.  And it was cold. Record temperatures were upon us.  My little outside venture to get the mail resulted in am immediate “ice cream” headache.

Fortunately, mom and dad are living with us now.  Dad kept us updated on the “snowcasts”. It was the talk of the town and nationwide it was the norm to be below zero instead of above it.

Snow storms force us sometimes to ask for help.  The snow is heavy, it’s blinding, it causes us to have limited visibility.  For some of us stuck in the ditch we have to call out for help.  Others are the ones who aid us in our time of need. The tow truck driver who hauls our car away. The snow plow drivers who have the awesome task of running a plow to cut through snow.  It’s a piece of art when they are done.  They create mountains out of the stuff, big piles of frozen whiteness that will take days even weeks to melt.  The snow storm made us need each other.

The above “my neighbor helped me” sums it up.  And how many times do we need a neighbor’s help.  Maybe we find ourselves or someone else in their own blizzard of blinding circumstances.  The visibility is limited and they find themselves driving off the road, or stuck in the ditch, or just needing a hand to clear the stuff away so they can get back on the path again.

Jesus talked about the neighbor.  We are to love them as ourselves.  And who again is our neighbor?  We are all neighbor because we all at some point share in great joy or great loss.

“No need for anything else…my NEIGHBOR helped me out.”

Next time you’re called upon, or next time you do the calling may God bless the neighbor who helps as much as the  neighbor who needs.