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How Old is Old?

by Jerry Ousley
6/14/2007 / Christian Living

One Sunday Debbie and I decided to go out to eat. We do that frequently. It's kind of nice to get a change of scenery ever so often. I'm not complaining about home cooking however. I want to set that straight right away. As far as I'm concerned my wife is one of the best cooks I know (you can tell when you see me).

Anyway we decided to go to a local restaurant where we could get a decently priced steak and salad. We made our selection, paid for our meal, and enjoyed the atmosphere. The food was good and we had a wonderful time of conversation while we ate.

I had put the receipt in my shirt pocket not thinking much about it at the time. When we arrived home I cleaned out my pockets because you just can't get comfortable with all that stuff bulging from your pants and shirt and we sat down to watch a good movie. While cleaning out my pockets I found the receipt and as I looked at it I noticed something that I wasn't accustomed to seeing. The lady running the cash register was really a young girl barely out of her teens. She was very nice and pleasant as she had taken our order but she had made an assumption that wasn't true. She had looked at us and had given us a Senior Citizens discount.

Had I noticed it at the time I would have called it to her attention because, well, we just don't like getting something we haven't earned yet and taking that discount was definitely something we hadn't yet earned.

Deb and I had a good laugh over it. By the way we are not in that age bracket quite yet. I will be turning 53 in a few months but that isn't old is it? Apparently this young lady thought so. She had made a judgment call from our appearance I suppose. But then when I look in the mirror I don't think I look like a Senior Citizen. I know Debbie doesn't look like a Senior Citizen. Now I'm not knocking our more mature class of people. When one has arrived at that age, living a good, clean, full life, I believe they deserve those little perks, don't you? But folks I haven't arrived there yet!

I appreciated this young lady's manners and tact in applying those discounts. She did it discreetly and in a way that wouldn't embarrass or insult a true Senior Citizen but honestly I don't think I look the part! Apparently she did.

We all make wrong assumptions from time to time. We assume that just because there are those in the Church who may be unethical at times, or pass judgment erroneously, or do things we think Christians ought not to do, that they are all "a bunch of hypocrites." Have you ever heard that one? But the truth of the matter is that some are just victims of circumstances while others, who may really be hypocrites, will eventually be weeded out either by their own actions or by the grace of God.

Don't make a wrong judgment call when it comes to making a choice for Christ. By the way that's a ploy by the devil to keep you from doing what God is telling you to do in your heart and in the Word.

Thanks for your time but right now I've got to get back to figuring out how to keep from looking like I deserve that "special discount" in the future.

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge.

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