Clothes
My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If
you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say,
“Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there”
or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? James 2:1-4
There is a friend of mine that I work with, and for some reason we
always end up dressing in very similar color, if not the exact same
color shirts. After the razzing from the various entities in our suite
each time we dress alike, I think about how interesting it is that two
people from seemingly separate backgrounds, living very different lives,
dress alike and how people view that situation. It is amazing in our
society how much we look at other people's appearances, and then begin
to automatically start putting a picture together of who that person is,
whether they are good looking, messy, or have a proficiency for style.
We can be very judgmental which is not a good thing, but it can be
controlled. If we think about looking at people through Christ's eyes,
then we can begin to see things that we normally wouldn't see. I always
think that if you look closely at a person that you can truly tell their
heart. We should stop focusing so much on the clothes of people and
more on the internal clothing of individuals and who they truly are in
this world. This is the first step to loving others.
Have a great weekend.
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