LeMonique

Someone shared this story with me and it reminded me of how often we make judgements about situations or people without knowing all the facts. How wrong we can be:

A man was travelling home by bus, when the bus stopped, a father with several children got on. The children were very unruly. They wouldn't sit still. They kept changing seats and were fighting. They were doing all the annoying things that children do when parents don't control them.

The father had taken the seat beside the first man, who by now was getting more annoyed by the minute, thinking, "Why doesn't he say something to control his children?" Finally, he could take it no longer. He turned to the father and blurted, "Your children are out of control. Why don't you do something?"

"Yes," the father replied, "I suppose you are right. But you see, we have just come from the hospital. Their mother died this morning. They don't know how to handle it and neither do I."

So often our judgements are based on outward appearances only. We make them on hearsay or base them on our limited knowledge and experience.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, Your love is perfect. Today, we confess our critical and unkind attitudes to others and ask Your Spirit to enable us to be patient and kind. Amen.