The young girl was in front of me at the checkout counter. She had earrings protruding from every facial location. Her hair was colored the color of the rainbow and pointing in every direction. Even with all the camouflage it didn’t hide the fact that probably she was under age.
The young cashier had the responsibility of asking the young girl for an ID. She was attempting to purchase cigarettes. There was an explosion of a vocabulary that I hadn’t heard in a while. I can’t quite remember how it all concluded, but I do remember the salesperson wanting to cry. My heart went out to her.
She needed comfort, so I made up a story for her. I said, “You really do need to excuse her because it’s a proven fact that the dye she is using seeps down into the hair follicles, through to the skull and into the brain. It makes one react to events unpredictably and really isn’t her fault.”
I left the clerk laughing and realizing the world is composed of nice people and some not so nice. Be kind to those who serve you because service of any type can be trying.
1 Peter 4:10
Every believer has received grace gifts, so use them to serve one another as faithful stewards of the many-colored tapestry of God’s grace.
Think what opportunities God has given to you to help another make it through the day.
Gary