View from the house we are staying at!
When we first got on the plane from DC, my first reaction was a selfish one. The flight attendant immediately started speaking in Spanish and then after she was through translated it into English. My initial thought was quite arrogant, “Why don’t they just say it in English first?” And then…it hit me. Having grown up in America, where English is the primary language, I grew custom to “being first”. This was something I had no idea I had and am quite embarrassed to realize it.
Now I am thinking of how all of the other nationalities of the world who come to America and live (Hispanics for example) are automatically placed in second position. This experience has given me such a new outlook on the matter and has changed my thoughts and beliefs in some ways. Why do Americans always have to be first? What’s so bad about second or even third place? Why can’t we put others before ourselves?
This whole experience has made me feel sheepishly foolish in so many ways, yet I know what God is doing here. He is providing me a way to put myself in the last position and allow everyone else to step in front of me.
