She bought a magazine and a small pack of cookies and sat at a crowded airport lunch counter.
To her disbelief, the man next to her opened her package of cookies and ate one! She pulled the package closer to herself and took one. She couldn't believe it, the man was actually smiling! She flipped open her magazine and slowly ate her cookie.
A few minutes later, it happened again! He took a cookie from her pack, smiling as he did so.
Indignant, she shoved the remaining cookies into her purse, got up, and left.
When she looked back, she couldn't believe the man was chuckling to himself.
Thirty minutes later when her plane took off, she reached into her purse for the cookies, proud of how restrained she'd been with the cookie thief.
But instead of one package of cookies, she found two identical packages, one opened and one unopened.
To her horror she realized she'd just stolen cookies from the smiling man at the counter. He was the one who'd shown incredible restraint, not her.
This story illustrates a good point: We need to get our facts straight before judging ourselves or others.
Unknown Author
Proverbs 25:7b-8 NIV
7b What you have seen with your eyes 8 do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?
Blessings, Cecilia
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