hmmm... one would think I am very diverse... the color of my skin is white... my mind and body thinks in another color... my children are black... my church is historically black... my family members are black...
but it turns out... that when faced with challenges from other cultures... I get annoyed... I call to make a reservation at a hotel today and there is no one that speaks english... the woman answers the phone saying "Ola"... I immediately think uuuugggghhhhh... so I ask a question and she puts a child on the phone... the child doesn't really understand what I am saying... so I ask if there is a better time to call to speak to someone who speaks english... (wanted to say american there... see how wrong... ) and they tell me no... there is no one speaking english who works there at all...
now while we tend to feel that people should change themselves to adjust to our ways... something in my spirit is telling me that is wrong... that I have to be the one to accept differences in others... that I have to be willing to accept people as they are... how can I say I am christlike... yet get mad if I can't understand someone who was raised differently?? MANY people don't understand me... yet apparently I have the gall to judge someone else...
I honestly believe that God does not see us in color... he sees us in spirit... as long as our spirit is right with him... it matters none what color we are... what race... what nationality... we think the church should be open, yet when others come in, how accepting are we really? even others of our own race... when they dress differently or talk differently, maybe they are dirty or poor... or if they have money, then some people run toward them... what would God feel about any of that?
the bible tells us that Jesus was nothing to look at... so would we have shunned him because his hair is long, or he hangs with the thieves and murderers and prostitutes? what if he sagged his pants... and had braids... what if he hung out in the club... what if him and his friends appear as though they hustle... and they hang out with the girls from the club... or he was poor or he was dirty... what would our response to him be? I look within myself and I don't like what I see...
Father... cleanse me of all unrighteousness... create in me a clean heart and clean hands... make me accepting of all your children... regardless of what they look like, smell like, act like... make me like you... in every way... I ask this in the name of Christ Jesus.. my Lord and Saviour... amen.
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