From the New York Times magazine. It reminds me of what a lot of us do at times, and also reminds me of what not to do. God forgive us for being like the crowd. That is probably also why the Good Samaritan is one of the stars in the Bible, never the crowd. Log on to Christian websites like World Vision and you'll see how much help is needed all over the world. The need is always there, but who is willing to stop and help?

Yesterday, at a show called 'Bersamamu' (translated 'WIth You') was aired at TV3. They were featuring a poor Chinese family, whereby the father aged 60 something had to wake up at 6am every morning for support his family of 3. His wife is wheelchair-bound since an accident took place years back, while out of his 3 daughters, 2 are mentally-disabled from birth, and one is physically disabled, suffering from epilepsy. The documentary showed him cycling alone to the local wet market and sifting through vegetables to buy, since he couldn't afford to buy anything other than that. TV3 was urging people to donate through SMS and so having been touched by their plight, I SMSed them. You see, the money that I donated wasn't much but they may not think that. That's the thing that we need to know, that sometimes a little does go a long way. I know God is teaching me something about having compassion in a world that is becoming increasingly numbed to the things of God.

"And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them.."
- Matthew 14:14 [KJV]

" Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
- Colossians 3:12 [NIV]