Something to think about

We recently had Justin's friend Mark over and his wife Dana. Mark was telling us of his message he was going to give at FCA. It really made me think. His message was about being filled with the Holy Spirit and what does that look like. He used an example of 2 girls that were running in a track meet. The race was a relay race, and let's say "Betty" was running the last leg of the race. As she received the baton and took off, another girl "Sue" came up beside her and accidentally clipped her and "Betty" fell to the ground. Most people would have continued running and finished the race. However, "Sue" (even on a different team and knowing that stopping would cost her team the race), stopped dead in her tracks and helped "Betty" up. By then, she knew she had lost the race for her team and even caused them to lose the meet. She quickly ran up to her coach who was yelling at her, "What in the world were you thinking?!?!? You lost us the race!" "Sue" didn't know what to say. She really didn't know what made her stop and help the other girl. She said it was like something else took over her body and made her stop. She couldn't control it. She was filled with the Holy Spirit and wanted to help others and do what was right even if it cost her the game. It made me ask, "Would I have stopped?" and "How do others see that I am filled with the Holy Spirit?"