Why is it people gossip, point
out mistakes, and make quick judgements on mere assumptions? Why do people
make a great attempt to paint an imperfect picture of an individual before the
other person has the chance to make his or her own impression of the “already
labeled” person? Why are humans so
insistent upon recognizing all the negative about a person when they themselves
are flawed? We ALL have flaws … right
now, I am sure individuals are reading thinking “Oh lord, here she goes again
speaking about the bible, speaking about Jesus, when she is far from perfect.”
Each of us were created, we were born innocently into sin, and were born again
by the blood and grace of GOD. We were
saved and cleansed to lead and live more like our creator. HOWEVER, do not expect us “Christians” to be
perfect, we TRY every day to walk in his word, WE fail terribly sometimes. We are vessels, and are supposed to be
examples to the non-believer … but forgive us if we are not models of
perfection, forgive us if we do not walk in a straight line 24 hours a
day. Our Jesus dwells inside our hearts,
our light shines by giving, loving, and you can see it through our eyes. At times, our flesh “earthly bodies” give in,
it is in our blood from birth, but we fight.
Christians go through trials, we WILL acquire “dirt.”
Christians … you see … TRY to raise
our children right, we TRY to watch our tongues, we TRY to love and forgive the
way God does. Some of us have different
gifts that are not recognizable by the way we walk or talk, but by the way we
love and give our time, maybe it is through prayer we live. As I grow … I am accepting that more and more
“Christians” have “DIRT” thrown in his or her face for not living a perfect
life. How about … loving us anyways? How about … recognize the “gold” instead of
throwing dirt in our faces?
How about replacing “dislike and
disappointment” with “love and forgiveness?” How about replacing “negative
assumptions” with “positive possibilities?”
Let us look inside a person before pointing out the negative outside
shell that fails daily, not just for Christians, but for non-believers. Let us be slow to open our mouths of
disappointment … assess our own being, prior to throwing words in the
wind. How about WE dig to find the gold,
instead of focusing on the dirt we shovel to find it? Or why throw more dirt on top of the gold
underneath … kind of silly if you ask me J
Focus on the Good in people and let God point out the
disappointment through prayer, amen.
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