I love to entertain and like to think of myself as
gracious and pleasant. I love salt! So
this verse impacted me with its wording.
- 5 Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions with outsiders (non-believers), make the most of each opportunity [treating it as something precious]. 6 Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you]. Colossians 4:5-6 AMP. (emphasis added)
I confess my speech is sometimes seasoned with more
than salt. I might even use spicy Cajun seasoning with a side of chili peppers.
For instance,
when I came out of Tuesday Morning to find the Fed-Ex truck parked behind my car, two other cars,
and an empty space, my eyebrows rose. I calmly looked around for the driver. No
one in sight. I got in my car, cranked up the air and ate a protein bar. Being
hangry doesn't help the situation.
Time passed. Still no driver. The driver hadn't
returned to take in another load of product, so I assume there was some
flirting going on with a cute store clerk. I have no idea what really delayed
him, but once upon a long, long time ago I was a cute receptionist who flirted
with the Fed Ex guy and kept him from his rounds.
My blood pressure rose. Irritated I got out of the
car and took pictures of the empty truck and it's tag number.
I looked in the windows of the shops lining the parking lot. The door of the Herb Shop opened and the Fed-Ex driver wheeled his dolly past me.
"Really?" I asked indignantly, motioning to the blocked cars.
"I'm sorry. There were no empty spaces when I parked," he responded
"What?" I said pointing to the empty space blocked in by his truck.
"That wasn't there when I parked," he denied.
"Then how were they able to drive away? I asked barely able to contain the chili and spice rising up in my throat.
"Which car are you in?" he asked.
"The red Camry," I pointed.
"Well you get in your car and I'll be gone by the time you buckle your seatbelt," he said pushing past me.
I stood there stunned by his arrogance. Lying to my
face! My head throbbed with anger. I wanted to deck him. What was that verse
again?
5 Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions
with outsiders (non-believers), make the most of each opportunity [treating it
as something precious]. 6 Let
your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that
you will know how to answer each one [who questions you]. Colossians 4:5-6 AMP.
(emphasis added)
I have no idea if he was a believer or not. It
really doesn't matter, What I wanted to
do had nothing to do with wisdom. So I got in my car, called my husband and
vented to him.
I'm pretty sure the driver did not find our conversation
to be gracious and pleasant, but by walking away I didn't make it any worse. I don't think Jesus would have been glorified by my having a stroke in
front of the Herb Store.
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