Being Polite

 

Wednesday morning, I was leaving cardiac rehab and came downstairs to go outside to my car.  As I approached the automatic sliding doors, a man was coming into the same door.  We both saw each other at the same time, and we both stepped aside to let the other go through first.  You know that awkward dance: you move to the right, they move right at the same time.  You move left and at the same moment, they move left too.  But because both of us stepped aside, the automatic door didn’t sense anyone and didn’t open.  So, because we were both being polite, no one was going to get through the door.  The problem was being nice … the first time that ever happened!  Paul admonishes us in Philippians 2:3, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”  This verse applies, except for Wednesday morning at Memorial hospital!  Ha, ha!  Hey, be nice to someone today.  You’ll be glad that you did, they’ll be glad that you did, and the dear Lord will be glad that you did.  Yes, He will!