One ladies story can teach us so much.

[Bigmama4Jesus]

don't let no one still your thunder !!!!  The reason I say this is, this morning I was having a good morning get the kids ready and have a good morning today ever thing run smooth feeling good and the bus ran my son went to meet it turned to give me a hug right before getting on the bus,,,, this man    starts hanking  saying really mean things [like fat b****** hurry up you can kiss on that "G D" KID tomorrow] we where right there at the bus it didn't take no more time then it should,  i ignored, him thought  to my self what a jerk than he stopped in the middle of the road and called me and my family nasty   things ,  he was dressed in a suit and tie driving a really nice car  and i was wearing sweats  with my hair throw back in a ponny tail     i thought that's what mommys wear when  you have to get 6 kids off to school and get back clean house / well i have never been called white trash be four but any  i could have just throw up my finger and blurted out some things too but in stead i just smile and  said you know GOD loves you too ........i surprised my self i could have and in some cases might have the kids on the buss all heard too the kids yelled why don't your mom just cuss him out      and my 8 year old turned and said because shes  a mommy, joey being 8 years old if some one said some thins to him he would throw something at them lol  i have gotten on to him time after time for this fighting with his older brother s   well to make this  long story  short .... getting back in to my house i really felt  crappy and angry   but then i realized some thing i felt great this morning before this happen i had let that jerk still my thunder he don't even know me so  that's why i turn to my friends to say don't let the jerks of the world get you down hold your head up hight  and have a really great day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!your friend  Teresa

I felt this was a touching story. One of my friends forwarded this in an email. My first thing was when the "mean man" says hurry it up you can kiss on that G D Kid tomorrow. Sadly he had it dead wrong. We are not guaranteed a moment of our lives. Now a days any number of bad things can happen to us or our children before we see them again. I know because my husband shot himself once with his own gun. Praise God he survived but what if he had not, and while he was in the hospital he was not clear headed while on the morphine either. The children might have gotten in a wreck and gotten killed, and think of the shootings that are happening more often even in our children's schools.  I say take all the time you need to love and kiss your children good bye.

Point two is often times we worry too much about the things that are not really important. Even I am guilty of this at times. We are in too much of a hurry to pay attention to things that really matter. How we treat others around us for example. I have lost my temper with my daughter when I was in a hurry, when she is more important than being some place on time. Many times we are in a hurry and either ignore others or even cruel like this "mean man" was to this Mom. Taking our frustration of being late out on others is really not called for ever. They don't deserve it. If anything it is our fault we should have gotten up a little earlier to allow for possible inconveniences. Isn't it better to get there early when things go smoothly.

Another thing that was mentioned was that she felt the man was calling her and her family bad things because of how she is dressed. If we are honest how often do we do the same thing? Judge a person or family by how they look, not knowing the full circumstance.

Sometimes these things happen not only because God is teaching us something, but for us to share to remind others of things too.

She also showed her children and that man that she was not white trash but high class. She did not respond as she really wanted but in a way that glorifies Christ.  She was an example to her children, the other children on the bus, and to us.  I think she past this test. I would give her an A+.