How to Treat People – Lesson 3

"You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God." – 2 Corinthians 9:11


Third Important Lesson – Always remember those who serve.


"In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.


“How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked.
“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.
“Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired.
By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.
“Thirty-five cents,” she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins.
“I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said.


The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies.


You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip."


How many us have been where this waitress was?  Impatient. To busy to be bothered. Thinking, this kid is wasting my time. And while the boy was following lessons of giving most likely taught by his parents,  he was actually the teacher in this lesson. He brought this lady down to earth. And through his heart, illustrated that the gift, when it comes from a place of true genuineness, is not the gift at all. The "act" of giving is the real gift.

Seeking and Following,

Dean

You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you, wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who dwells within you has something He wants to do through you wherever you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.