WHAT PRICE BEING?

My wife and I went to lunch today and were in line waiting to place our order when this really old couple came in. They walked right passed the line and practically demanded from the person behind counter that they be waited on. Rude only began to express their behavior.

The girl did wait on them, I think mainly because they were so elderly and disagreeable that she didn't feel inclined to tell them to go back and wait in line like everyone else. My wife was more than a little upset that this couple were not sent to the end of the line. I agreed to a point.

Yet I also observed how this couple looked so totally miserable. I had a sense that being selfish and rude were natural behaviors for them and it was obvious they were anything other than happy,

I could hardly condone their behavior, but neither was I interested in turning the incident into something truly ugly by acting the same way they had. True, they did get what they wanted, yet at the same time I appreciated how given their temperaments, there was absolutely no joy for them in the process.

It is amazing at times how the most selfish and evil people seem to prosper in life. But I also appreciate that whatever illusion of victory they enjoy never lasts. And it never carries over into eternity.

I've known so many people in this life who are like that couple. Often they even go to church and think of themselves as the epitome of love and generosity. It is less that credible delusion, but they manage to foster it anyway.

Which might be of some merit if they actually enjoyed life in anyway. From what I've observed though they never do. Instead the selfishness only leads to more unhappiness since no matter how selfish they are, there are plenty of times when they still don't get what they want out of life. And you can believe those moments truly dominate their conversations.

However, in eternity, when standing before the Lord the truth will prevail. It will not matter how we attempt to color the truth for God's light will shine through our illusions. Then what was really in our hearts will be reveal, good or bad.

I did have to point out to my wife that she could either spend the whole lunch dwelling on such activity or try to find the joy of our time together and not let two sinful people ruin our happiness. I think she took my advice she after that we moved on to other topics.

Meanwhile the couple who were so rude continued their lunch with every word out of their mouths being a complaint. I doubt I could have done anything to of made them anymore unhappier than they had made themselves. Sometimes it seems that with certain people they know the best way to be their own worst enemy.