18. What was the last life lesson you learnt?

18. What was the last life lesson you learnt?

Haha, this actually happened yesterday. I was listening to a sermon by J.S. Park and it really shed a light on somethings. 

He talked about how he met this one pastor before and immediately disliked him. He even got into a fight with him in the parking lot and they were really heated up. Later, that pastor apologized but he didn't have it. Eventually, J.S. decided to forgive this pastor and they began to hang out. They went out for coffee, picked eachother up, and this pastor he intensely disliked became on of his best friends. He soon realized that there were all this things going on in this pastors life and he had a hard past which was the reason he acted the way he did to J.S.

Look, someone's gonna piss the heck out of you. Like someone is going to make you furiciously mad and you're going to hate them, but in the midst of your madness, if possible, give the following a shot.

Think about what must have happened in their past to make them act this way. 

That snappy waitress at your favorite restaurant might be so snappy because she's been up all night taking care of her triplets and wondering why her husband didn't bother to come home for the third night in a row. 

That kid obsessed with pot and smoking through the hallways like it's nobody's business might have been the very same kid who tried so hard to be someone different from his alcoholic father but has been constantly told elsewise. He might be the same kid that tried and tried to get back up after being knocked down countless times, but eventually snapped, and got tired of picking himself up with bloody palms and scratched knees. 

Everyone has a past, whether you want to believe it or not. That homeless man on the street didn't just end up on the street for not doing his homework for Spanish class. No, he might have lost his wife and experienced the pain of watching your own life fall into shambles despite trying so hard to keep everything together. 

Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a story. Look, I'm not perfect and I tend to judge people a lot. I find it immensely hard to consider someone's past when I'm more pissy than the grinch, but it's still worth a try. 

J.S. Park's sermon --> http://thewayeverlasting.libsyn.com/the-reckless-relentless-sloppy-grace-of-god

I don't know if you want to listen to it because I get if you think Christianity is kinda whack these days (I don't blame you), but he's not ranting about hating gays or being republican or any of that bullcrap. He's just sharing some valid points that can help everyone love eachother a bit more when we're constantly surrounded by hate.