{"id":4398,"date":"2006-02-12T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-12T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=4"},"modified":"2006-02-12T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-12T21:31:00","slug":"would-you-like-my-jacket-with-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=4398","title":{"rendered":"would you like my jacket with that?"},"content":{"rendered":"

last
\nnight i attended a wedding… so "enter girly emotional feelings" here.
\nnot just because of the wedding and the love in the air – but because
\nof other girly emotional issues i am dealing with… but to add to the
\ncharacter of the post – weddings lately have really aggravated me for
\njust the basic reason of "i want that and why can’t i hate it?" "where
\nis my content in my singleness?" or the real kicker, "why am i single
\nwhen every one around me seems to be finding some one?" <\/p>\n

HUGE DRAMATIC PROBLEM, RIGHT?!<\/p>\n

my
\nselfish and ridiculous "problems" were swiftly pushed out the way today
\nwhen the following happened while getting lunch on the way home. <\/p>\n

as
\nwe were about to leave to come home – we decided to go grab some lunch
\nat a "Jimmy John’s" in downtown lincoln. while we were there, a what
\nappeared to be a homeless man was in there basically stealing a drink
\nand a plain old bag of chips… it was obvious from on-lookers this
\nhomeless man had very little intent of actually purchasing the items
\nbut since "he already touched it" (quote from cashier) – he was
\n"allowed" to have the chips and the drink… yet was quickly kicked
\nback outside in the freezing cold because he could not pay…
\napparently not worthy of a warm seat. (really
\nthe only "loss" the business took was like 10 cents…) i hope the
\nworld doesn’t stop spinning and world comes to an end because it…
\ngoodness. <\/p>\n

a
\npart of my heart sank today. i so badly wanted to go up to the cashier
\nand say, "hey dude – calm down – i will pay for his chips and drink…
\nand even a sandwich if he wants it" – but before i could even do that –
\nthe cashier shunned him and the homeless man with chips and drink in
\nhis wind-chapped hands… was kicked out on his poor disoriented butt..
\nto face another day of gawkers and disgusted looks from those who have
\nno mercy… <\/p>\n

i believe that – JESUS in all of this gracious and
\ngiving spirit… would have shown mercy – even given him his OWN
\nlunch… the jacket off his back… and on top of that – would have sat
\noutside with him and just loved him…<\/p>\n

…i wish i had done that today… <\/p>\n

my petty problems are just that – petty – when it comes to what problems face others every day… all day… <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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