Being Considerate
You know when someone takes a quick dash outside in frigid weather to start the car and then to run quickly back in. It makes me want to say, "Duh! You didn't take the warmth with you but you sure invited the cold in on the occupants of the room that you just left." Of course, me trying to be the person I am, I don't say anything much about it. But when asked about why they continually practice leaving the door open they say, "Uh well, I was only going to be just a sec." Yeah, right!
I call that being inconsiderate, pure and simple. Would you like for that to be done to you? Nope. Then be considerate of your fellowman. What?! Yep, if you don't or wouldn't want it done to you then don't do it to anybody else. It's that simple.
Teaching Point
But, sometimes when life allows us to rise high enough so that we have few, if any peers, we forget to remember to "Do unto others as we would have them to do unto us." (paraphrased from Matthew 7:12, KJV) We forget that law. But, it covers all of us and it covers leaving doors open, talking about one another, envying one another, stealing from one another, lying on one another, in fact, the entire 17th chapter of the book of Galatians is covered.
Saying What?
In conclusion, don't leave someone out in the cold that you would not want to be left out in. Let's be sure to check our lists of positive things to take forward into 2018 and for other things to be thrown out with the trash, just like all of the discarded Christmas wrappings.
I don't like the cold so I won't create a cold environment for the next person. Instead, I will wrap them in Christian warmth and say, "There is a place to which I am going. Wanna go?"
Doing What I Can, While I Can Because I Care,
Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones
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