Cutting line...

School is back in session...full swing. I am still sorta lost - especially when I go somewhere by myself.

I don't have to dig a small person out of clothes racks or threaten him with bodily harm if he doesn't quit handling all the raw hamburger packages at the grocery. When I don't have to do things like that, I have time to look around and actually, maybe, come home with what I went for in the first place.

I also have time to sorta notice the people around me. My sister and I went to Cave City to take care of some business for our Consignment Sale and since we were childless for the day, we decided to stop at a few shops.

We went shopping for our kids (imagine that!) and were standing in line to check-out our items. We were waiting patiently when an elderly couple walked up, cut in front of us and acted like the devil himself was pushing them toward the register.

Now, both us gals are easy going and try to be courteous. If the couple had just walked up to stand in line like the rest of us folks, we would have insisted they go ahead in front of us. They only had two items (table cloth and alarm clock) and the transaction only took a few minutes because they paid with cash. However, that wasn't the issue. We both stood with our mouths hanging open, catching flies, at their rudeness.

My sister remarked, "I guess we'll let them go in front of us." I replied that it looked like we didn't have a choice in the matter unless we were going to make a scene. We neither had a desire to take on a couple of stooped, older people.

I have thought about that incident several times in the past several days. How differently we would have thought about those two folks if they had behaved politely. Oh, someone cutting line has happened to me many times before. However, this time it reminded me, yet again, to take time for others.

I sure hope that I don't lose my respect and patience as I get older. I don't want someone to walk off and think I was a cantankerous ole woman who didn't think of anyone but herself. What a disgrace that would be!

I will continue teaching my child to put others before himself - something that is extremely hard for an almost 7 year old to do.

His daddy and I have alot of reminding ourselves, along with praying, to make sure we are teaching him to follow the Master.

Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;