Noteworthy

“Back with the bread already?” Tina turned from the soup plate she was washing at the sink.

Nodding, her daughter Autumn placed a colorful tote bag on the kitchen table. “This morning Miss Betty said that she would have the bread ready on time. That was surprising, since she has been so busy entertaining her cousin from Kentucky.”

“Yes.” Tina wrinkled her nose a bit. “She hasn’t had time to stop by lately, that’s for sure. Did she at least give you a note for me?”

Autumn shook her head. “I didn’t actually see her this afternoon; she told me she would leave the bread on the porch in a bag.” With that, Autumn went outdoors to do her chores, leaving Tina alone with her thoughts.

“And here I supposed that Betty and I had become good friends. But since her cousin has come to town, I haven’t heard a peep from Betty. She always had time to at least write a note, but I’m not even worth the effort—not when her cousin is around!”

Tina dried her hands on a tea towel, dropped into a kitchen chair, and sighed. She stared down at her Proverbs 17:17 coffee cup—the one Betty had given her on her birthday. “Wait—this is NOT how I should be thinking. If I had a relative visiting, of course I would be busy too. I guess I’m just jealous and need to stop feeling this way. I need to see the situation from Betty’s point of view.”

After confessing her fault to the Lord, Tina picked up the tote bag and gently shook out two golden loaves of bread. And out from the bottom of the bag fluttered a note from her friend.