Dumpers and Dumpees

I heard some commentary the other day about an incident that took place between a cab and a truck.  It seems that a cab stopped at a stoplight, and shortly thereafter a truck stopped alongside the cab in the adjacent lane.  There was trouble however.  It seems that there was an issue with the truck, because part of it's load shifted just at that moment and there was significant spillage from the truck onto the cab.  It seems that the truck was hauling a load of manure.  The cab got dumped on in a big way, resulting in a big mess.

Life is like that isn't it?  Us humans seem to have a tendency to dump on others, just as we sometimes get dumped on ourselves.  The dumping I'm talking about here isn't "good dumping".  Rather it is the unpleasantness we dump on others, or that others dump on us.  And it doesn't always have to be active, out in the open in your face dumping.  Often it is much more passive, or perhaps secretive even.  Either way, isn't the normal result of dumping somewhat of a big mess in our lives?

God realized we humanoids were going to be both dumpers and dumpees.  Go figure !!!  Why else would the following have been included in the prayer of prayers...the Lord's Prayer?

..."and forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us"...

You know, that doesn't mean ignoring no trespass signs !  That refers to, at the root, sin.  Sin that we do.....like unnecessarily dumping on someone else. It may have well said "and forgive my dumping on others as I forgive others who dump on me."

The object, thus, is not to focus on the fact that we are dumpers and dumpees, but rather how we act and react and what we do when (not if) it occurs.