I was reading an article about a math teacher/blogger named Dan Myer. He decided to calculate which line is faster at the store - is it the express line with several people or the regular line behind one person with a half-full cart? He did his research - got cash register data, crunched the numbers, and...his conclusion was the shorter line is faster (even if it's not the express lane) because each extra person adds 48 seconds to the time in line. Every extra item in the cart only adds 2.8 seconds; so it is better to get in a line with 17 extra items than one extra person.
Now, before you go nuts like I will counting items and people and timing all this out to see if Dan is right, don't miss the point: we are always in such a big hurry and what is it that gets in our way? PEOPLE! People get in the way, slow us down, ruin our schedules. People. If only we didn't have to deal with them!
How great does that sound coming out of the mouth of a believer? But it is in our hearts a lot isn't it? Maybe I should never get in the express lane. Maybe I should always get in the longer line. That might give me more time to observe and think about people, maybe even pray for them.
"When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them..." - that would be Jesus in Mt. 9:36
Lord, help me not be in such a rush that I overlook people, people You care for, people You died for.
Got 4 minutes? Check out this video.
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Oh, me me me! That video! I see a sermon & not just here on this blog. Got to somehow show this video to our church! Again, the words to the song: Give me Your Eyes!
ReplyDeleteHelp me to see through your eyes Lord and not my own...thank you for seeing me worthy of your redeeming love....El Roi- God who sees!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Dave, thanks for that video!! AWESOME!