And the Syrians had
gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a
little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress,
Would God my Lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! For he would
recover him of leprosy. (2 Kings 5:2-3)
The story of
Naaman is quite popular. He was a great general of the Syrian army but he was
also a leper. Leprosy is not a disease that anyone would want to experience or
identify with. Imagine how this high society or rather national hero felt. The
good thing here is he had a wife who had a little maid girl. Little did they
know that she would be the key to a life- saving information. The little maid
obviously had a good relationship with her boss; which was what gave her
courage to speak up and the other part was that her boss was approachable. This maid had a good heart and her master was
doing well too.
The issue is that Naaman had a problem or a situation that could not be handled by military intelligence. A little maid was the one who had the strategy needed to overcome the situation. So imagine if the master and mistress of this maid were nasty; I’m sure she would have looked away. However they recognized that she was a human being and she was worth taking care of. Today I ask you that reads; who is around you and how are you treating them.
I can assure you that being nice does not eat away your dignity rather it adds good to you and opens doors you least expect. Let us therefore be careful not to look down on people around you simple because you are from the same social class. Jesus our mentor mingled with all and also came to take die for our sins. Pay attention to those around you; they just might be your salvation route sometime in future.
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