Entry by: Lori Overcash, Assistant Director of Hope & Help
Yesterday, I was sitting in the lobby of a business. I had seen the receptionist and she left her desk to find the person I needed to see. In the meantime, another lady came in and she approached the receptionist’s desk. I was immediately struck by the angry, sour look she had on her face. She had been waiting 2-3 minutes when her breaths turned to impatient huffs and puffs, which I could hear across the room. Her body language screamed frustration as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other. She rang the bell three times.
My first thought about this lady was not “wow, she must be having a bad day.” It was not “this poor women must be overworked.” My first thought: “I bet she’s here from a Christian organization.” Sure enough, when the receptionist came the customer identified herself as being from a church. As she was handed the items she came for, without even looking, the customer hatefully said, “That’s the wrong thing.” Very kindly the receptionist said, “Are you sure? It has your name on it.” As the angry woman was in the process of saying, “Yes, of course I’m sure…” the receptionist opened the folder, and the items inside were in fact for the lady.
She didn’t apologize for her huffy attitude and she didn’t thank the receptionist. She curtly said, “I’ll have to take this with me,” and walked out the door, sporting the same miserable look she arrived with.
Now, in the Bible we are told that people will know we are Christians by the love we have for one another. (John 13:35) I wish that it always worked out that way. I suspected that the woman who came into that business was a Christian by her sour, condescending manner. Why? Because that characterizes so many Christians I’ve come in contact with.
I’m a Christian and I’m not going to abandon the faith because of this woman. However, she didn’t know that. As far as she knew, I could have been a lost person on the verge of becoming a Christian. As believers, we need to remember that people are watching! They are waiting to see how we react to things and how we treat others. We do not need to give people excuses to turn from Christianity. Let’s be characterized by love and kindness so that people have no doubt that the love of Christ is in our hearts! If we were on trial for being a Christian, what kind of evidence would be used against us?
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