Buckets

So today I want to talk about buckets. Yes buckets. See, I think one of the today’s issues is we have buckets for everybody. White people bucket, black people bucket, foreign people bucket, and those buckets have buckets, white trash, black thugs, poor, rich, mean, nice, hypocrite, addict, depressed, anxious, Christian, atheist, radical, wild, etc……... Now, every time we meet someone, or someone meets us, we are put into a bucket based on the first impression – whether we fit in the bucket or not (doesn’t matter what kind of day we’ve had). And…… we can’t change the bucket people put us into; only they can change the bucket they put you into. So, if someone’s first impression of you is that you are an uneducated cashier, you go into the uneducated cashier bucket to stay until THEY change your bucket! You see what I am driving at? You also have a bucket for yourself. It’s the only bucket you CAN change. You can re-label your own personal bucket at any time, change it, color it, give it a new personality; you are in control of your own personal bucket – it’s yours. Today, I was made aware of my bucket, the bucket someone else put me into, a bucket I don’t necessarily belong in, but I am okay with it. You know, God doesn’t have buckets, he has a great big WASH TUB, and EVERYONE goes in the wash tub. When it comes time, he reaches in, plucks someone out, and stamps their passport “Bound for Amazing Grace” or “Destiny for Eternal Damnation.” Imagine if we got rid of the buckets we put people in; I don’t mean be naive, but be open to learn about someone before tossing them into a bucket. I absolutely LOVE working at the Book Store, I meet so many interesting people; and many interesting people meet me – some take the time to get to know me; and others toss me into a bucket and treat me accordingly. Thank the Lord for his GREAT BIG Wash Tub of redemption.