One Shot

Have you ever seen people just totally freak out over the dumbest things? I was just coming out of the grocery store the other day and I crossed the street. There was a car coming in the other lane, but wasn't hardly moving at all. As I proceeded to cross, this car decided to speed up, not letting me pass by. My first thought was, "Ok, I will just let them go by if they are in such a hurry." Then as they passed by me, the lady that was driving was freaking out. She was red in the face and throwing all kinds of fingers, and gang signs. All I know is that I was glad her window was rolled up because I was sure she was cussing me out in all kinds of languages. I passed by her car and I couldn't help but smile. Isn't it the funniest thing to watch when people get all freaked out over the littlest of things? I thought about this and how many times we do this same thing to other people. We freak out when someone cuts us off in traffic or when that certain someone at the checkout counter "swears it was on sale" and we throw an attitude. We freak out a lot over little dumb things but I don't know if we realize the impact we have on people. If you are like me, I a lot of times don't care much in those situations because "I will probably never see them again." Have you ever heard that statement? "I will probably never see them again." This statement, as true as it may be, could be the detriment of our relationships with people. Here's how I see it. I will most likely never see that lady ever again, but I bet she had no idea what I was going through. Better yet, I had no idea what she was going through. See I think we get in this mindset when we grow up that our actions aren't that big of a deal, because most of the people you see every day, you probably won't see ever again. But see, that's just it. For most of our lives, we only have one shot. One shot to be a light to the world, one shot to make a difference, one shot to love someone. If we could only come to the truth that we probably will never see most people more than once, and realize that those may be the opportunities that God wants to use us in, our actions would change forever. Our attitudes would begin to change and our thoughts towards others amidst the anger would drastically change.
The world is watching you and they are seeing how you act. Are they seeing Jesus... or are they seeing what the rest of the world is already delivering to them? Watch how you act in public and be careful what you do, because it very well could be your one shot to make a difference in someone else's life!