It is amazing the things you do to protect the ones you
love. I remember the year 2000 my
younger brother Matthew and I decided to go dancing to bring in the New
Year. I don’t remember the name of the
place I just know it had several levels and had a 70’s theme or something like
that. Anyway, we started dancing and
this woman comes up and starts hanging all over my brother and flirting with
him. I notice that she kept looking in
the direction of this really built guy.
He was huge. He had to be over 6ft with muscles coming out of his
muscles. Let’s just say he was very intimidating. Well this woman obviously was trying to make
him jealous. She preceded to try to kiss
my brother. My brother of course seeing what she was trying to do kept trying
to push her away. Needless to say she succeeded
and before you know it this man starts charging Matthew. He grabs my brother’s shirt and without a
thought I go running up to this guy. As
I was running I jumped up leading with my elbow and hit this man across the
face with my elbow and then I jump on his back hitting him and yelling for him
to leave my brother alone. At this point
he starts saying “ok ok ok I will leave him alone.” The security guards come over and pull me off
this man’s back. One of them pulls me
aside and asked “didn’t you see the size of that man, he could have crushed
you?” Then the other security guard said
that he didn’t even want to have to comfort him. I quickly said that he was going to hurt my
brother. The big muscle guy’s girlfriend
runs up to him and starts to take care of him, I think I might have broken his
nose. The couple walk off and the big guy says “sorry I didn’t know he was your
brother.” I was proud of myself thinking
that I saved my brother and that he would be happy that I did, but I was
wrong. Matthew said to me “how could you
do that you’re my sister and I don’t need my sister fighting for my fights.” I
guess I embarrassed him so he had to prove a point and meet up this man later
and beat him up. I kinda felt sorry for
this guy, I mean it was his girlfriend who was starting all problems. Despite my
brother was upset with me I learned something about myself that night and that
was when it comes down to defending someone I love I would do it regardless of the
obstacle. I call this my David and Goliath
story.
My younger brother is no longer with us. In August it will
be 4yrs since he passed away. As August is approaching Matthew has been on my
mind a lot. He was a fighter and fought
for those who couldn’t help themselves. In honor of my brother I want to pass it
forward for the month of August. August
18th would have been his 38th birthday, so my gift to him I will
stand strong for what I believe and take on my fears and take on my
Goliath. I have been going through the
motions lately and over the weekend I decided to start living more boldly and
take chances, get out of my comfort zone, and make changes. I challenge you to do the same thing. What has been holding you back? What are your fears? What do you need to
change? I have realized that life is too
short and I want to live a life that makes a difference for others. I want to be a light to those who don’t know
Christ as their personal Savior. I want
to encourage others and let them know that they are not alone. It only takes one pebble thrown in a pond to
make endless ripples. I want to be that
pebble and you can too.
