The Merciful Driver

When we come across the word "Baghdad", we naturally think of warfare. There was a touching experience published in the January 2004 Issue of the Living City Magazine (p.5).

The name of the driver was Sabah. He prayed before starting work, hoping to help those in need. One day, he drove an old man to the city. When he arrived at the destination, the old man told Sabah that he had no money with him. Instead of getting annoyed, Sabah smiled at the old man and wished him a happy life.

On his way back, Sabah met a woman with three children, so he stopped his car. While the woman was getting into the car, a military truck came, and the soldiers asked Sabah to get out of the car and confiscated his driver license, since the place where Sabah stopped his car was a forbidden zone. While Sabah was arguing with the soldier, the owner of a nearby hotel passed by and witnessed that Sabah come every day to pick up passengers. Finally, the soldier released Sabah and told him to leave as soon as possible.

Unluckily, his car broke down in the middle of the road. At first, he thought about giving up transporting the woman and her three children home. However, being a merciful man, he resumed the journey after three hours of repairing work. "Where there is kindness, there is love and God is always present". I wish that all of you can always live in Jesus' Mercy.