Thursday, April 21, 2005

People of all types [My recent thoughts]

So I was walking to my class today, and was just kinda watching all the people as I went by. I saw so many unique people. It is amazing that with the millions of people in the world, no one person is the same. I began to find value in each person I saw. If any thoughts or presumptions about the person came into my mind, I tried to dispell them at once. I think that it is very easy to automatically assume things about people without even knowing them first. This is so unfair! Not only to that person but to yourself as well. So many people will never connect with someone just because their intimidated, and others will never talk to somebody who could be so interesting, just because of their appearance. Although all people are supposed to have equal value, there is really no equality in society or how people view each other. This is sad to me, even though I am guilty of doing this as well. I have really determined to genuinely love people, even if I don't know them. It's easy to just simply say it, but it has to be through actions, through sacrifice. If God decided to love me enough to die, then I want to live as He did. The Bible says in 1 John 6:5-6 that "those who obey God's word really do love him. That is the way to know whether or not we live in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did." This is definetely a difficult commandment to live up to, but if I am a true believer in Christ, then my life should reflect that. Yeah, I'm not perfect, and I am going to make mistakes. But I will do my best, with the Lord's help of course.
I see so many people who say that they are Christians living completely contrary to the Bible, and how Christ lived. This saddens me and I have to apologize to so many people who aren't Christians for the actions of people who are hypocritical. I know that even I have done it at times, and I hate that. But from now on, I determine to live the true meaning of the word "Christian." It's not just some religion with a bunch of rules or just something to label myself as...no it's a relationship with a loving God, and a faith lived through actions.

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