Things You Didn’t Do

Brian Blacker

“Behold now is the favourable time…(2 Cor. 6:2 ESV)

I borrowed the following from a writer, who quoted a man named Leo Buscaglia.

A young woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, handed him the following poem she had composed. It is about putting off and putting off and putting

off things we ought to be doing; especially things that have to do with others

we care about in a smaller or greater way. The title of the poem is the title of this article:

Things You Didn’t Do

Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and I dented it?

I thought you’d kill me, but you didn’t.

And remember the time I dragged you to the beach and you said it would rain, and it did?

I thought you’d say, “I told you so, but you didn’t

Do you remember the time I flirted with all the guys to make you jealous, and you were?

I thought you’d leave me, but you didn’t

Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie all over your car rug?

I thought you’d hit me, but you didn’t

And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans?

I thought you’d drop me, but you didn’t.

Yes, there were lots of things you didn’t do.

But you put up with me, and you loved me, and you protected me.

There were lots of things I wanted to make up to you when you returned from the war.

But you didn’t.

Maybe there is something you need to do for someone you care about; something you have been putting off and putting off. Why not do it today. You might think tomorrow is okay but tomorrow somehow never comes. Is there someone you need to sit down with and talk about the Lord Jesus Christ, but you have been putting it off. The Scriptures say: “Behold, now is the favourable time, behold now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Dwight L. Moody, the famous evangelist, was once told by an irate member of a church he preached at: “Mr. Moody, I don’t like the way you do your evangelism.” Moody gently replied, “I do not necessarily like some of it either, but I do it the best way I know how. Tell me, how do you do it”? “Oh, I don’t was the reply. The evangelist’s response was, “Well, I like the way I’m doing it better than the way you’re not doing it.”