When was the last time.....

When was the last time you sat and watched a sunrise?
When was the last time you sat and watched a sunset?
When was the last time you sat and watched the clouds?
When was the last time you played in the rain?
When was the last time you played hide and seek?
When was the last time you played with your kids/grand kids for hours uninterrupted?
When was the last time you went for a walk in the woods alone?

or:

When was the last time you really went out on a limb for someone?
How about someone you didn't know?

^4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. ^5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” ^6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) ^7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut. (Jos 2:4-7, NIV)

The woman was a lady named Rahab, she had a bad name in the land; the beginning of chapter 2 tells us she was a prostitute.  Joshua had sent 2 men to scout out the land of Jericho (the land God had promised them they would have).  While they where there the king of Jericho caught wind there where spies (scouts) there, hence he sent soldiers to capture and more than likely kill.  The scouts while fleeing came across the home of Rahab, she took them in and hid them.  Not only did she hide them, she sent the soldiers chasing after them in the dark.  Rahab really went out on a limb to help these two scouts, whom she didn't even know, so my question and challenge to you is:  when was the last time you really went out on a limb to help someone, and did it without any personal agenda?  I hope you do soon, God brings people into our lives everyday and one of them might be someone God wants you to help, so will you?

food for thought, have a great midweek day!

chris