really...what's an hour compared to eternity?

recently i've been praying this prayer a lot: "God, help me be the kind of person that would do something like THAT". i pray it while i sit back and watch a stranger who needs help but has none. someone in need. today i was at walmart and this guy was getting a cart while i was getting one and going in.

picture this: he had his right leg in a cast, with one crutch under his right arm and the other in his cart. he was holding onto the cart with his left hand, using it as a crutch. he proceeded to hop down the aisle because he couldn't walk on his leg.

the reason i have such a detailed description of him is because i was watching the whole scene. that's the thing...i was watching  not doing.

you wanna hear one of my lame excuses? "we probably don't have time." and then i prayed that prayer. "God, help me be the kind of person that would help that guy" no matter what, because there will always be something else i could be doing. and of course, as usual, i did nothing about it.

my chick-fil-a manager told me during my interview: "we get approximately 30 to 60 seconds with each customer, and even though we want to get them to come back to chick-fil-a, our number one priority is to glorify God and make Him known in those 60 seconds."

wow. 60 seconds is all it takes sometimes because God can use anything. but sometimes it takes more. it may take walking around walmart pushing someone's cart for them and helping them buy groceries. that will take longer than a minute. most likely at the least 10 minutes. but what is 10 minutes in comparison to eternity? what is an hour compared to eternity? think about that...