Do I Trust?

A blog entry on Pete's blog here, has made me wonder.

The backstory: In an entry, Pete (originally from Australia, he smuggles bibles into China now) told about one run of bibles their group was bringing into China. Driving down the road, with a load of illegal cargo, they passed a woman on the side of the road, who was face down, and looked as if she had been beaten up.

Pete tells us that he struggled with what he could do. He wanted to help her, but to do so, would mean the Police would get involved. For smugglers, Police are obviously bad.

In the end, they passed by, without stopping to help. In hindsight, Pete said he should have jumped out on his own, bible-less, to help, and let the group go on. Both good deeds could have been done.

What would I do? Would I trust that I and the bibles would be okay, and hop out?

Another story comes from Mike Yankoski, a guest from YC this year. Himself and a friend decided to live on the streets for 5 months, across 6 U.S. cities. One of the encounters he told us of at YC, was of an elderly man, who also lived on the street. Mike and his friend had eaten only a single piece of pizza between them for that day. This old man walked by and offered half his loaf of bread, citing that he couldn't eat it all at once.

After the two suggested he save it for tomorrow, the man replied that God would provide for tomorrow, so he didn't need to worry about it. That's scriptural, folks. That's true.

Would I have that faith in God's providing nature?