While waiting for my wife to come and get me I sat on a rock at the side of a parking area watching the world go by. It was warm and breezy – perfect. Just then a woman came across the parking area toward her car. She was carrying a good sized framed picture. What followed should have been part of an old-time Abbott and Costello movie. The breeze was just enough to turn the picture into a sail. I kid you not. She was blown from one side of the lot to the other twirling in the breeze. At one point she needed to pull her dress down but that would require letting go of the painting which she would not do. I should have rushed to her defense but I do have to admit, insensitive as I am, I was having way too much fun watching. Only when she finally got to her car did I think that I should have videoed her with my cell phone.
Surely Paul would have enjoyed it with me and included it in Ephesians 4. “Henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, . . .” Almost every day I get emails filled with some ridiculous twisted thinking and they often end by demeaning either my loyalty to Jesus or my patriotism to my country if I don’t pass it on. I’m not concerned about that. I am concerned about my friends believing the incredible stuff anyone can so freely disseminate on the web.
A really good policy to follow is to believe that others are as trustworthy and reasonable as we, until they prove themselves otherwise. If ever, this is a great time to follow Jesus’ Golden Rule.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 15, 2012
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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