Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

They were at the family supper table. Mary was recounting an exasperating experience she had on the way home from work that day. “This woman got on the bus at 55^th,” she said, “and squeezed into a small space right beside me. There she sat, half on top of me, with her bundles poking me in the face. I had to keep dodging most of the time so that her bundles didn’t knock my hat off!”

Her little brother spoke up: “Why didn’t you tell her that she was half on your seat and that she should get up?”

“It wasn’t worthwhile,” replied Mary. “We had such a little way to go together.”

Wouldn’t that be a great attitude for more of us to have? In a time when social media gives everyone the ability to complain about any and everything instantly, it would be nice if more people would just say, “It wasn’t worthwhile; we had such a little way to go together.”

We all suffer injustices every day. Unkindness, ingratitude, lack of understanding from others. Would it be easier to cope with these things if you remember, “It wasn’t worthwhile; we had such a little way to go together.”

he thought expressed in Mary’s phrase also makes it more urgent for us show patience and kindness and reasonableness to those who are making life’s journey hand in hand with us. We have such a little way to go together.

There is little time for us to show the love of Christ to our neighbors. We must declare the goodness of the one who has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. Share the love of Him who first loved us before it is too late.