When the girls were small and Tanger Outlet and Branson Landing weren't in the landscape, we would go to Springfield shopping for school clothes for the girls. John usually went along and he was a very good shopper for a time. After a while, he wore out and chose to sit on one of the benches in the middle of the mall and wait for us. On our trip back home he would often tell us about people watching.
"I felt sorry for that old man who was in a wheel chair trying to navigat...e the mall with his wife. She didn't seem to have much patience with him. I think he would've been better off if he'd come and sat with me."
"I felt sorry for that old man who was in a wheel chair trying to navigat...e the mall with his wife. She didn't seem to have much patience with him. I think he would've been better off if he'd come and sat with me."
Or, "I don't know what that young couple's problem was but they were arguing so loud you could hear them from one end of the mall to the other. I'm surprised you didn't hear them." And, he would continue to mention this kind of person or that kind of situation until the girls were fast asleep in the back seat.
As I stood at the kitchen sink this afternoon and gazed out my window at the traffic going by I wondered about the people in those vehicles. Some cars were whizzing by. I wondered if they were late for an appointment. Some were traveling fairly slowly. Were there more people than the driver in their vehicle? Were they talking about the affairs of the world or reminiscing just as I was doing while looking out the window?
Everyone has their own problems; their own difficulties; their own hopes and dreams. As I continued to look out, I wondered if all of those people would reach their destination without accident and, if they were fatally injured, what would be their destination?
People watching..........vehicle watching........it's all the same pretty much. It makes those who are doing the watching wonder what is going on in the lives of those people and do we really care. If we did, I suspect we'd be petitioning God on their behalf in prayer for them and their situations.
"The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live." 1 Timothy 2:1-3 (MSG)
As I stood at the kitchen sink this afternoon and gazed out my window at the traffic going by I wondered about the people in those vehicles. Some cars were whizzing by. I wondered if they were late for an appointment. Some were traveling fairly slowly. Were there more people than the driver in their vehicle? Were they talking about the affairs of the world or reminiscing just as I was doing while looking out the window?
Everyone has their own problems; their own difficulties; their own hopes and dreams. As I continued to look out, I wondered if all of those people would reach their destination without accident and, if they were fatally injured, what would be their destination?
People watching..........vehicle watching........it's all the same pretty much. It makes those who are doing the watching wonder what is going on in the lives of those people and do we really care. If we did, I suspect we'd be petitioning God on their behalf in prayer for them and their situations.
"The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live." 1 Timothy 2:1-3 (MSG)
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