Revolutionary Love

The wife and I went Christmas shopping today. As you can imgaine I am tired and in need of my chair, the tv and a glass of tea. Today was loud, crowded and stressful. However, in the middle of all the hustle and bustle God revealed something to me. Mary Kathryn was in a store buying a gift while Cooper and I were sitting outside watching the traffic of the mall. I noticed a man who was very ill-mannered in the way he dealt with a store clerk. He was loud, rude and quite frankly a jerk to this woman because they didn't have something in his size. I watched intently to see how the woman would respond to the gentleman. It was quite amazing.

I put myself in her shoes, imagining this man was talking to me that way. In all honesty I would have probably told the man to leave or jump in the creek but this woman very calmly told the man she was sorry and she even directed him to another store that might have his size. She was so sweet. Then a verse came to my mind; Matthew 5:44. Jesus said, "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

We should do that because Christ did it first. He loved us while we were His enemies. We were sinners and friends of this world yet Christ died for us anyway. I don't know if this clerk was a Christian or not, but I do know she was calm, cool and collective with a man who was very unloveable. I want to be that way; I want to be like Christ. I hope you do too.