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    OUR DAILY BREAD                     Friday, December 3, 1993 
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    Read:  1 Peter 3:8-12 
 
                          WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT? 
 
                     Be tenderhearted, be courteous. 
                              --1 Peter 3:8 
 
    Why  are  we  sometimes courteous  and  sometimes  not?  Courtesy 
    blossoms  in a heart that is humble, whereas selfishness  is  the 
    root of rudeness. 
 
    I  remember  reading  a story about a  plainly  dressed  man  who 
    entered  a  church in the Netherlands and took a  seat  near  the 
    front.  A  few minutes later a woman walked down the  aisle,  saw 
    the stranger in the place she always sat, and curtly asked him to 
    leave.  He quietly got up and moved to a section reserved for the 
    poor. 
 
    When the meeting was over, a friend of the woman asked her if she 
    knew the man she had ordered out of her seat.  "No," she replied. 
    Her  friend then informed her, "The man you ordered out  of  your 
    seat was King Oscar of Sweden!  He is here visiting the Queen." 
      
 
    The  woman was greatly embarrassed and wished she had  shown  the 
    king  the courtesy of giving up her seat.  But it was  too  late. 
    He had left. 
 
    Some  of us find it hard to be courteous when we're  driving  our 
    car, making our way through a crowded store, vying for a seat  at 
    the sports event, or even getting in line at the church  potluck. 
    Difficult as it sometimes may be, though, courtesy should be  one 
    mark of every Christian. 
 
    Author:  Henry G. Bosch 
 
                  O Lord, transform our selfish hearts, 
                         And help us always see 
                      That gentleness and courtesy 
                   Describe how we should be.  --Anon. 
 
    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 
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    If you're not very kind, you're not very holy. 
 
    THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   Ephesians 1-3 
 
           
 
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