Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.
That woman at work who’s always right, right, right, and takes pleasure in telling you you’re wrong, wrong, wrong.
That twentysomething guy who’s watching his phone instead of his dog or the traffic light as he walks into the intersection on a red light.
The person in the car ahead of you who is driving the speed limit and there’s no way for you get into the other lane because everyone else on the road is driving ten to fifteen mph over the speed limit.
The barista who always gets something wrong about your order even though it’s a simple grande decaf cappuccino.
Yep. God loves them too, just as much as He loves you. And for all you know, they’re doing His will in unseen ways, perhaps better than you are. Yep. They’re your brothers and sisters and mothers, just like the blood relatives with whom you have beautiful memories, the ones for whom you’d give a kidney without hesitation.
So pray for them. And pray for yourself, that you might grow to delight in them as He does.
