What would you have done?

Tonight on my way home from church, (We have a Saturday evening service. The choir is singing this weekend and I am a part of the choir.) I saw a lady carrying a gas can walking down the road. The temp right now is 80 and I didn't see a car just up the road.

I stopped and asked if she needed a ride. She said yes and she hopped in. She was a little hesitant but came willingly pretty quickly. She said that a man had stopped and offered her a ride but she turned him down.

I drove her a couple of miles to the trailer park (she was going to mow her lawn - hence the need for gas).

One of the surprising things is that I didn't even hesitate to pick her up. Lots of times I will see someone that seems like they need help and pass them by but not this time. Maybe I was supposed to pick her up, I don't know. I don't know her name and she doesn't know mine. So why would I feel the need to pick her up?

Lots of times I will use my kids as my excuse because "I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to them." However, what kind of example am I setting when I just pass on by?

The sad thing - if I were walking and she had stopped I'm not sure I would have gotten in her car! She was missing most of her teeth, she was carrying her cigarettes, and not dressed in clean clothes. How horrible of me to judge - and I am judging - her on her appearance!

So I am wondering, what would you have done? Picked her up? Would you get in her car? My heart is actually pretty heavy over this!