LISTENING TO ANOTHER
A huge truck got struck under a bridge. It couldn’t move backward or forward. Traffic was backed up for miles in either direction. An official from the company arrived and all sorts of attempts were made to get the truck free.
A few school kids were sitting on a wall nearby, looking at all this. One little lad shouted across at the officials, “Do you want to know how to get it free, mister?” “All I need now is a know-it-all, smart ass! I don’t need your advice, thank you.” The young lad was unabashed as he replied, “Just let the air out of the tires and you are all right.”
The man stopped in his tracks, looked at the kid and smiled – and then proceeded to let the air out of the tires! In his heart he felt that the kid had let some air out of his tires, and brought him down a bit – and he knew that he deserved it.
v Being full of himself, being a know-all, thinking of my know-how as being superior to that of those around me – that is the kind of soil in which the fruits of the Spirit can never be grown.
v Often my biggest problem is not the one I’m dealing with right then but my inability or unwillingness to ask for help in dealing with that problem.
