I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there are labor shortages and delays all over, for various reasons. Recently, here in Monument, Colorado, there was a discussion on NextDoor, the neighborhood website, about a gas shortage. A lot of tanks in the area were empty. Someone said, “It’s not a gas shortage; they just don’t have drivers to deliver it.” If you go to the website of our trash collection service, the main screen talks about their being short-handed. That explains why our pickup has been delayed at least three weeks in a row.

In that light, I was struck by this poignant, hand-written note taped to a restaurant window in Leadville, CO:

That’s a good word. Instead of being angry over slow or delayed service, we could be thankful we have service at all, and we can be kind to the people who serve us. (By the way, food at The Silver Llama was excellent!)

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6.8, ESV)

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4.32, NKJV)