I was driving to work, focusing on God time, when someone rudely cut in front of me! All of a sudden my mind was filled with crankiness, and some not too complimentary comments about that driver ahead of me! Kind of incongruous with the whole peace of prayer time thing. And the word, "uncharitable" popped into my head in relation to those things I was thinking.
It occurred to me that that was such an old fashioned word! Even the word "charity" is not used much these days, except in a somewhat depreciatory way. But it was originally intended to mean showing generosity or helpfulness to those in need or suffering. It showed a heart of compassion in the giver, that we see as a very beautiful thing. And it occurred to me, in my more humble position, that maybe that beautiful heart should show, not just in what I'm willing to give and do for others, but also in what I think towards them.
Kommentare