Increasingly Angry
by Zeke Flores
An interesting thing happened at a grocery store one morning. I was at the customer service desk and saw a man complaining very loudly to a store manager about the rude service he thought he had gotten from one of the store clerks. While the manager did her best to be sympathetic and understanding, the man became more and more furious (!) and eventually was yelling and cursing. He was inflicting much worse on the manager than he had told her he had received from the clerk!
We may bristle at poor customer service or, worse, even become angrily indignant about sin, but we should remember that how we deal with confrontational situations may tempt us to commit the very thing we condemn. Christians shouldn't be doormats, but neither should we be hypocritical as we make our voices heard.
So, remember to check yourself first, whether you're complaining about poor customer service, debating contrary politics, opposing sin, or doing anything else.
"Treat others the same way you want them to treat you" (Luke 6:31).