Last week I was sitting in the middle of the Galleria shopping mall food court at 2 in the afternoon eating a $7 meal from Chick-fil-a. After I picked it all over for the "good" parts, I threw away what I didn't want and returned to my seat for a little people watching action. At that moment I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I was financially and physically able to purchase a $7 meal for lunch and I wasted it. Just because the french fry was a little more brown then I like it and the sandwich was proportioned in a way that I didn't like. That can be reason to throw it in the garbage. What a waste! There are so many people all over this world (including America) that are starving and would have done anything for that number one combo meal. What's worse is that there are people in other countries who work a lot harder than me every single day and don't make close to $7 in a week. The waste in American is astounding. The ungratefulness. Here I was sitting in the middle of a mall at 2pm on a Wednesday and the food court was nearly three quarters full. The mall is a place where greed is satisfied; for the moment. What if instead of being at the mall wasting money all of us were giving back and helping others? Was there no other activity that we could have been engaged in other than greed? I felt heart broken. Yet in my sadness the Lord comforted me by changing my mood to complete and utter gratitude. I was so thankful that I was able to afford lunch and the gas to get there. Who am I that the Lord should provide means for me to eat? Why aren't I one of the hundreds of children that die each day in Somalia because of starvation? The blessings the Lord rains down on me are immeasurable. It's easy for me to overlook things that are blessings in disguise. But man, I get on my knees and thank the Lord for a full-time job, an apartment, a car, food, friends, family, good health…. the list could be a mile long. Thank you Lord for teaching me a lesson over lunch. We should do it again sometime 🙂
