Have you ever tried to help someone and they didn’t want it or even got angry with you for helping?
I’m thinking of the scene in the movie Forrest Gump where Lieutenant Dan was injured and wanted to die in the war honorably like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather did. Good ole’ Forrest did what came natural to him — someone needed help and he felt responsible to do what he could. Even though it was much to the dismay of Lt. Dan.
There are many good people like Forrest Gump who will jump in and help when the opportunity presents itself. And on the flip side of that there are those who will seize the chance to help for leverage within a relationship, some future favor, a sense of obligation or even to boost their own self-esteem.
No matter what the reason is for helping, there is one universal rule to remember before helping — there is a time for everything under the sun.
In the old testament book Ecclesiastes (chapter 3) the bible tells us that there is a right time for everything and everything on earth will happen at the right time (verse 1: ERV).
Just imagine chaos in the world. It normally happens because people can’t wait for the right time. Wars have been started, relationships have ended and people have even died trying to make something or someone respond before it was time.
The Lt. Dans of the world can’t understand or are not ready to accept the help. My point is you cannot make someone accept your help before it’s time. In some cases God is still working on their heart, teaching them a lesson or setting the stage for someone else to help. We must understand and respect God’s timing and not force our help on anyone.
So this will mean that some things will happen that we think we could have fixed. Some things will happen to make it even more strenuous when helping. And some thing will happen that now makes it impossible for us to help.
Some problems belong on a bigger platform. These are the situations we are supposed to turnover to God.
Because afterall, we just want the person or situation to get help, right?
ClydeStyle 
Clyde, always look forward to your posts! The only thing I might add to this one is a possible subtitle: Is it my time to ASK for help? So many times we want to “go it alone” when we could save ourselves a lot of distress and possibly heartache by letting people help us. After all, God has blessed us with friends, family and even community services to help lighten our load. Because we often allow our pride to get in the way, we often deprive those who love us of the opportunity to serve, and subsequently, of an opportunity to receive a blessing.
Thank you for the help you give to all of us who read your posts!
Thanks Sheila! Always love your insight. I agree with you completely. I think it needs to be in another blog! 🙂
Thanks again!