A friend of mine was looking very tired last week, and I don’t know why these words came out of my mouth, but I offered to help with a presentation she was giving and had only just begun preparing. I had no reason to make the offer and looking back I still cannot understand why I did.

But the words came out of my mouth.

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Of course she said no straight away, but that night something urgent came up and she had to actually take me up on that offer that I had already forgotten I’d made.

I was more than happy to help, and managed to get a little bit done on her behalf in preparation so that she wouldn’t be so stressed and could keep her mind focused on the urgent task at hand.

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I can’t be much more specific than that, but we talked about it this week and it turns out that she was in a situation where she couldn’t be distracted at all, but thank God that he could use me to enable her to do what was necessary.

That I could play some part, reminded me of the bigger picture, and the reality of the situation.