is wearing his pants to low he is a thug. You think
that you know who and what a person is or will
become by their outer layer, but just as you peel
away the outer layer of a onion to find the good,
we sometimes have to do the same with people.
The clothes and the look may be dark and ugly to
you but the heart may be one of love and pleasing to God.
We should always try to see others
in the way that Jesus would see
them and not in the way that the
world sees them.
When we look in a mirror it seems that we can
never see our own blemishes but it is so easy
to see those of others. The one thing that most
have trouble doing is looking beyond the past of
others. You will hear some stand up in church
and thank God for bringing them to where
they are. They will speak of who they were and
the things they did, “but that was the old me”
they say “now I am a new man in Christ.” But
the same person cannot look past the end of
their nose when someone else has turned their
life around, they will always see their past and
ridicule them to others. The very people who
say they follow Jesus Christ sometimes can’t see
someone the way He would see them.
voice is my tool, I am not ridiculed for how I
speak, but receive compliments instead.
We must understand that the person you saw previously or see today is not the person of tomorrow
unless that is what they choose to
be, God has a path set for us and
that path leads to His perfect plan
if we will surrender to Him and
allow Him to guide us.
Look for the person on the inside of others and
encourage them, plant a seed of hope and help
them grow. If you know what God has done for
you and how far He has brought you, then you
must understand that He can do the same for
that alcoholic, the drug addict, the drug dealer or
the prostitute.
God never said we had to be perfect for Him to
use us, we just have to be willing, so before you
stereotype someone, take some time and get to
know them first, get to know the person on the
inside.`
“Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted
in his own country.” Luke 4:24
As a young boy I endured a lot of ridicule from
others due to a speech impediment, kids can be
harsh with words when your blemishes are so
easy to see.
They could not see what God had
planned for me, they could only see
what was in front of them and
not what God had already placed in
my future.
Today I have no speech impediment and my
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