I got a confirmation on Monday about how my life influences others. I always strive to show my faith and that it a good thing, not a negative.. You worry about who is watching you and what they are thinking about you. I want people to be able to tell that I am a christian by the way I act, and I know that I don't always act "christ like" in the things that I do.
Monday, I went early to the nail salon to get my nails filled. I was the first one there, which is no big deal, I pulled out my bible and did some of my bible study. Another car pulled up and we polietely smiled at each other as we continued to wait. A few more cars pulled up and then finally the owner of the salon came. He opened the door and we all flooded into this small salon to get our nails filled.
Let me set this up for you so you understand. The first chair is the first person who will be waited on, second chair second and so on.
We walked in and the last person who arrived sat in the first chair, the other ladies ran to a chair and sat down. Now at first I was a little mad, after all I had arrived FIRST. Then I stopped and said to myself, self, does it really matter how long you are here, or who goes first. The point was, it didn't matter to me who went first, for we would all be waited on and we would all leave with prettier nails than we had arrived.
Heres the confirmation part. I went ahead and sat in the last chair, i opened my bible again and began to do my bible study. I waited and it was actually a good thing as I got to catch up on my study. Anyway, long story short... the second lady that arrived after me was leaving when I was. When I walked out the door she said to me.."I would have been so mad had that be me!! I ran to that second chair because I got here second and you should have been first!! You should have told her to move.."
I thought about that a moment, and the old me would have gossiped with her and talked about how wrong the woman was to sit in MY chair, but instead, i smiled and said "It really wasn't a big deal and it allowed me to do my reading. She was fine, I wasn't bothered by it really."
Then she said... "Well you are a better person than I am, I wouldn't be so forgiving about it.."
All I said was, "God is good isn't he?" and got in my car....