GODS LESSON FOR ME TODAY

Today I was taught a very good lesson by God and it was just the kick in the face I needed! Does it ever happen to you...When God puts things in your life to let you know that you don’t have it that bad? There is a man that works next door, always smiling, always asking if we need help. I am not sure there has ever been a time where I have seen him down or in a bad mood or not asking if we are ok. Today I asked, "That man is always smiling!" I was told his story.... About two years ago his 12-14 (not sure the exact age) year old son was with a group of friends doing graffiti on a building. The cops were called and when they came out the kids ran. A video surveillance captured his son running, and then giving up with his hands up against a wall with his back facing the cops. In the video it shows the cops shooting his son while his son was standing against the wall with his hands up and his back to the cops. His son died from the senseless shooting. Just writing that down brings tears and anger to me and yet this man has a smile on his face every time I have seen him for the past four years! I would never ever have known that during the four years I have seen him he was ever going through this burden. I have learned many lessons though this story but the one that keeps replaying in my head is (like my mother has always told me) you never know the burden someone else is going through. This man walks with his head high and a smile on his face while having one of the most devastating tragedies I can think of happen to him. God Bless this man!