Monday, June 09, 2008

Food for thought...

For several weeks now I have had this story come to mind, in response to bible study questions, in conversations with friends, and now a friend of mine (thanks Amy!) sent me this link in an email.

The topic? Judging other people.

My perspective was utterly changed one day when I was judged. I was in a very vunerable place at the time. My husband had just been in a roll over accident and was in the hospital. I had gotten very little sleep the night before because I was sleeping on the empty bed next to him in his hospital room. I had just made the three hour drive from the hospital home to pick up the kids and bring them up to see him so they would know he was okay. I stopped at Wal-mart to pick up a few things. I was in a hurry to get the kids and get on the road because we had a three hour drive ahead of us and I went through the 20 items or less line with 23 or 24 items. To say I was stressed was an understatement. I don't know what the lady behind the counter had been going through or if she was just in a bad mood but she made some snarky comment about my having more than 20 items. I just about lost it. I yelled at her that my husband was in the hospital and could she just cut me a break? She was stunned as I took my groceries and left. God has used that experience in my life in a profound way. You have no idea what the people around us are going through. Indeed, it would be overwhelming if did. Check out this video.


You Tube Video

3 comments:

Susan said...

Wow. That video is great, Sally! I passed it along to my DH.

:-) Susan

razorbackmama said...

That was great!

And too funny...I know about a gazillion people who go to that church roflol!

Amy said...

You're welcome Sally! I welcomed that video when my girlfriend told me about it and asked if she could forward it to me - I said heck ya! And my DH and DD thought it was great too!