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I’m reminded of a story told (as I recall) by a General Authority some years ago.
It was back when he was still a local leader. He was headed toward a Sunday meeting in a rural area, and was running just a bit late. Hurtling down the road, he passed a car pulled over to the side. As he sped by, he saw that the car had a flat tire. And then, in his rear view mirror, he saw that an elderly lady was looking at the flat tire, wondering what to do.
He was late, though, and somebody else would surely stop. He wasn’t speaking, but he was presiding and it was important that he be there on time.
He traveled on for perhaps a minute.
But then it hit him. He was headed to a meeting in which they would talk about leading a Christlike life. How could he simply leave her there, stranded along the side of a fairly isolated road? How could he sit primly through a meeting about discipleship, having failed to help her?
He turned his car around, drove back, got out in his Sunday clothes, changed her tire, saw her on her way, and was quite late to his meeting. But he had followed the Savior.
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Matthew 12:7).
“The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath” (Mark 2:27).
Powerful teaching.
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