I hate feeling stupid. I really
do. Especially when someone is in line behind me because I know that they know
that I feel stupid and agree.
I went to the grocery store early
one morning. I couldn’t find any clerks to help me check out. Thusly, I was
forced to use the self-checkout machines. I had never ever used one. Somehow I
just don’t like paying the same price for stuff when I have to do the work
myself. Besides I can’t converse with anyone but me.
The machine wanted my store card
(which is another thing. If I got a card from every store…fuss fuss). I swiped
it. Then it wanted me to scan stuff and put it in the sack. It got mad at me,
shifted into pout mode and wouldn’t allow me to scan anymore. It told me to
find a clerk. “If there was a clerk nearby, I wouldn’t be in this fix,” I
thought. I looked around and no employees were in sight. I couldn’t get the
machine to cancel, talk back to me or anything. I felt stupid. I was glad that
no one was behind me giggling at my ineptitude.
Eventually, it timed out and
canceled my potential purchase. I was relieved because I had been concerned that
if I had found a clerk I would have gotten the one with a belittling attitude.
You know, the kind that show you what to do, but that tone of voice lets you
know they think you are as stupid as you feel.
I am so glad that God does not do
that. If I ask for wisdom, or help of any king, He answers me and upbraideth
not. In other words, He does not make me feel stupid for asking. I can feel stupid
enough without being upbraided for it.
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” James 1:5.
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