Have you ever noticed that, as human beings, we have an amazing tendency to over-estimate our value in the eyes of others?
I guess it’s just human nature to assume that others will appreciate us as much as we appreciate ourselves. But don’t be fooled!
No matter how "special" we may think we are, life (and others) always has a way of putting us in our place.
Consider this modern day parable:
A woman was visiting some people who lived on a farm when she noticed a pig limping in the backyard with a wooden leg.
She asked the farmer, "What happened to the pig?"
The farmer said, "Oh, Betsy is a wonderful pig. One night, the house caught fire and she oinked so loud she woke us and we got the fire truck in time to save the house."
The woman said, "That’s really something!"
The farmer continued, "That’s not all, one day my youngest fell in the pond and Betsy oinked so loud that she got our attention and we were able to pull my daughter out of the pond in time."
The woman said, "That’s really amazing! But I still don’t understand why the pig has a wooden leg. The farmer said,
"Well, when you have a pig that special, you don’t want to eat him all at once!"
Justin Ford is pastor of Oakdale Baptist Church, which is located in Eastern Oklahoma County.
