Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also
reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each
one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
Did you ever wrongly judge
someone? Certainly we all have a story
to tell of how we embarrassed ourselves by misreading the circumstances or
jumping to a conclusion without all the facts.
This poem is a comical picture of just such a time.
At an airport one night
With several long hours
Before her flight.
She hunted for a book
In an airport shop,
Bought a bag of cookies
And found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in
her book
But happened to see,
That the man sitting beside her,
As bold as could be,
Grabbed a cookie or two
From the bag in between,
Which she tried to ignore
To avoid a scene.
So she munched the
cookies
And watched the clock,
As the gutsy cookie thief
Diminished her stock.
She was getting more
irritated
As the minutes ticked by,
Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice,
I would blacken his eye."
With each cookie she
took,
He took one too,
When only one was left,
She wondered what he would do.
With a smile on his
face,
And a nervous laugh,
He took the last cookie
And broke it in half.
He offered her half,
As he ate the other,
She snatched it from him
And thought....ooh, brother!
This guy had some nerve
And he's also rude,
Why he didn't even show
Any gratitude!
She had never known
When she had been so galled,
And sighed with relief
When her flight was called.
She gathered her
belongings
And headed to the gate,
Refusing to look back
At the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane,
And sank in her seat,
Then she sought her book,
Which was almost complete.
As she reached in her
baggage,
She gasped with surprise,
There was her bag of cookies,
In front of her eyes.
If mine are here,
She moaned in despair,
The others were his,
And he tried to share.
Too late to apologize,
She realized with grief,
That she was the rude one,
The ingrate, the thief!
How many times have we
absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that
what we believed to be true...was not?
While this may be humorous there are lessons to learn about jumping to
conclusions and judging others. Always
keep an open mind and an open heart, because you just never know...you might be
eating someone else's cookies.
Scripture to Claim:
"Do
not judge so that you will not be judged. "For in the way you judge, you will
be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not
notice the log that is in your own eye? " Matthew 7:1-3
