In the Our
Daily Bread daily devotion for March 6, 2013, Joe Stowell observes “Life is a
lot like “bumper cars” at an amusement park.” In describing the typical
playground response of push and push back harder, he hits home with many
negative experiences I’ve had since moving to Maryland. The latest one was this
Sunday at the Flower Hill Giant.
Where did their physically violent and grossly inappropriate response come from? Why didn’t their mothers teach them to “wait their turn”? And when it's not their turn, then they need to wait, not shove the other person!
Even
after twenty years of living here, I still do not understand what is “wrong”
with these people. And, what they do is “wrong” when it involves their failure
to yield the right-of-way by shoving their
shopping cart into the other person’s.
This is not the first time or even the first time this year I was hit by one of
these loony’s.
Where did their physically violent and grossly inappropriate response come from? Why didn’t their mothers teach them to “wait their turn”? And when it's not their turn, then they need to wait, not shove the other person!
I don’t
know the answers to my questions but as a Christian, Mr. Stowell reminds me
that God wants me to forgive them as he has forgiven me. Why? Because “When you
get bumped in life, bumping back only escalates matters and in the end everyone
suffers damage.”
One lady
at my church made this insightful remark “it’s another forgiveness opportunity.”
Barb, I am still trying. Amen.
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