In 1953 a man arrived at the downtown Chicago railroad station on his way to the airport to fly to Stockholm, Sweden to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He stepped off the train, a tall man with bushy hair and a big mustache.

As the cameras flashed and city officials approached with hands outstretched to meet him, he thanked them politely. Then he asked to be excused for a minute.

He walked through the crowd to the side of an elderly B lack woman struggling with two large suitcases. He picked them up, smiled, and escorted her to the bus, helped her get on, and wished her a safe journey. 

Then Albert Schweitzer turned to the crowd and apologized for keeping them waiting. It is reported that one member of the reception committee told a reporter, “That’s the first time I ever saw a sermon walking.”

We’ve been given a great task – to live in harmony, to weep with the mournful, to laugh with the joyful, to not be conceited. Especially, we are called to be righteous, but not self-righteous. We are called to be humble.

Sometimes people ask me why I have spent the last 20 years of my life trying to help children and families in Haiti. I tell them that I think I did a decent job for 30 years preaching on Sunday. But it was more than time for me to actually live out what I was preaching about for the next 20 years of my life.

I can preach a much better sermon with my life than I can with my lips!

When was the last time YOU saw “a sermon walking?

WRAP YOURSELF IN GOD’S LOVE ON A DAILY  BASIS AND LET IT BE YOUR GUIDE FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!

You can help mend the divide in our country by sharing this story with others. We all need to focus on what life is all about.