Afterthoughts

                                                                   Pastor Charles Hunt      How is a person to know if someone is telling the truth?  In this day and time, we are told to be on our guard.  If a stranger asks for a ride and you give him one, they may rob you or even take your life.  With God given wisdom, we can make the right decision.        Before our last storm, I went to an Exxon station to get gas. At one of the pumps, a young man and woman seemed to be enjoying a lively conversation.  Moments later the man drove away, and the woman walked up to me. She said, “I just lost my job, and I need a ride to Brookshires.  Could you take me?”         I cleared my throat.  “Didn’t I give you a ride to the hospital a few months back?”      “No,” she replied.      After explaining why I wouldn’t take her, she walked away. I felt bad and changed my mind.  So against my better judgement, I turned around to look for her. She was nowhere to be seen.  The Hitchh