lucy's story

next time you're at the grocery store, don't complain if the line is going much slower than you'd like. i heard this story today and if i am ever being impatient in a store, i hope i will rememeber this...

lucy (i can't remember her real name. so, for the sake of the story her name is lucy.) was standing in line at the grocery store. the only problem was that the line was taking forever to get anywhere. her baby was crying. not just fussing. crying like he hadn't had any food his whole life.

meanwhile, at the register, there was an elderly woman sorting through a stack of a bajillion coupons. and no, the elderly woman is not a disguise for myself. although i do hold up the line a lot these days with all my coupons...i feel so bad.

lucy's baby continued to wail... and then, the elderly woman dropped those darn coupons all on the ground. at this point, any mom in their right mind would've moved their cart to a different aisle. i suppose someone else in their right mind would be really annoyed and start thinking really mean mean things in their head about coupons and ladies with them.

not lucy. even with her baby screaming in the cart, she bent down and helped pick up every single one of the coupons.. then the cashier began to scan them and informed the elderly woman of her total. she seemed a bit panicked when she realized she didn't have enough money to pay for her groceries. you'd think after using all those coupons she would walk out of the store with money back. not so. she was short. lucy decided to pay for her groceries.

wow, for lucy. what a demonstration of the love of Christ! next time i am impatient or annoyed, i will think of lucy's story. you should too.