While wandering around Pyramid last Saturday afternoon, I was stopped by this Nigerian dude who greeted me with "Assamualaikum! You Muslim?" I said, no I'm not. "But you Malay, no? 99% Malay are Muslim." I said ... no I'm not and I'm a Christian. He smiled and said ... "Yes, I am too!". Ok, hang on ... what's going on?

He went on to explain that he has been approaching a lot of people today and everyone that he talked to was really unfriendly. "I don't know why, people here are unfriendly", I could venture a guess.

"I had to say Assamualaikum to you because you look like Malay"
Don't I get that alot?

"I say Assamualaikum to them, but they tell me to 'cakap melayu', but I don't speak Malay"
Ok ... at this point in time I'm beginning to wonder, why are you talking to a stranger ...

"I am a Christian! I come to Sunway to visit my friend in Sunway College, but he's in JB. Now I am wandering around here."

Ok ... a million thoughts were running in my head, is this guy for real or is this gonna be a prelude to a scam? Yes, I am very careful. All these while I was studying his body language ... he seems a little uncomfortable, but gave a really WIDE smile each time he spoke. Wait, what's going on?

I asked which church he goes to, he said he's attending a baptist church in Asia Jaya. Wow, that's pretty far for someone that's staying and studying in Nilai College.

"Isn't that a bit far?", I said.
"What to do? It is the place I go worship"

I was running late and really need to go, I didn't think that he would stop me just to chit-chat. No one does.

"Is there something I can help you with?", I asked.

"Yes ... I feel a bit shy, I need to go back to Nilai. I have no money to go back."

Hah ... I thought this was coming. I asked how much he has, he said he has none. He needed money to take a cab back to Nilai. I thought to myself, that is gonna be bloody expensive. And the truth is, I didn't carry enough cash with me, so I couldn't help him ... to be perfectly honest, I didn't want to be cheated. I said I was in a rush (which I was) and needed to leave.

Up till today, I still feel like crap. What if this guy really had no money and desperately needed help to go home but at the same time I was worried about getting my money cheated. Was it wrong for me to be wary of strangers asking for money? What if it was genuine and I could had made a difference?

I might had made a mistake.

31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy^[a] angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer Him,^[b] saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

What if (let's say), that was Jesus? I wouldn't had known. What if I had turned Him away? I'm already feeling miserable. Maybe, next time I'll just do what is 'purely' right even if I'd be cheated, and let God take care of it?

I feel like crap.
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