We've all heard the saying "What you see is what you get". Sometimes we take that literal. How many times have we made a determination of something or someone by appearance only? Only what we see. In one of my speaking engagements I challenged the students to take a moment to get to know someone new over the course of the school year. To understand someone, I said, is to show appreciation for our differences, and embrace just how unique and special each one of us is. Think about how you've been judged by your clothes, your race, your economic status, your school. Now, think about the times you past judgement. Luke 6:37 says, "Do not judge, and you will not be judged." I know it's easier said than done, but today more than ever how great would it be if we all took a moment to listen, to embrace, to understand more about one another without judgement? We would all be better for it. With a desire to serve, like it or not, we will make choices on how we serve by how we see people. We may think someone has it all together and they don't. We may never know because we didn't take time to notice. We often work out our perceptions by looking from one extreme to the next. We don't know people's stories. We don't know the background. We don't know, in many cases, even what happened this morning because we refuse to take the time to know. In the book "Servant Leadership in Action" Chris Hodges writes, "we see people as either a problem to be avoided or a person to be loved." How on point is that? It hits home. Yet, we don't have to live that way. We don't have to label everything by a "what you see is what you get" mentality. We can be intentional in going beyond the surface to get to know those around us. You may find things that help you understand why you are crossing each other's paths. You may find someone in need or realize that they are there to help you. You may even realize it is the unique gifts God gives us all that makes life so much more enjoyable. A life where what you are willing to understand, to know, to experience, without judgement, is really what you can get.
Believe In The Unbelievable that is YOU and my prayer for you today is that you realize only God shall judge us. That we are not to judge, but rather we must do all we can to love one another as God has loved us. So, it is written. So, it shall be done.
Have a blessed, safe, and healthy day everyone.
DC
"All things are possible if you believe." Mark 9:23
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