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I was at Panera meeting a LifeGroup leader for lunch and I got up to get a refill on my Doctor Pepper. Of course there was about a million people trying to pick up their orders as well as fill their little cups with the sweet nectar of soda. There was this one old guy in front of me who motioned for me to go ahead of him, so of course I did because I really needed some more D.P. While I was filling my cup I heard him tell a few more people to go ahead of him. Someone said, "oh know, you go on." He said, "no, I'm retired. I've got all the time in the world, you people are all in a hurry, so go right ahead."
I'm not retired, in fact I'm soooooo far from it, but come on, isn't this perspective fresh? When I live like I've got all the time in the world I'm able to put others ahead of me. This old guy had already quit his job, there was nothing that he felt like he still had to do, and therefore he could put others first. It's pretty awesome to have an old retired guy remind me that I'm already dead, and since I'm already dead, there's nothing that I'm in a hurry to do.
Go ahead, I'm dead. It's no longer I who live, but it's Christ who lives in me.
booya!
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if you are dead, then you won’t feel this **punch in the face**…
love,
Comment by [rab] March 19, 2006 @ 8:53 am[rab]
I wish there was a way to be able to say those words to hurried drivers on the road. But it’s a lot more fun to simply drive the speed limit in front of them – in the passing lane
I wonder what they think of the ‘Life is Good’ window cling in my rear window? I wish there was a way to ask them.
Comment by Brian March 22, 2006 @ 8:43 am