We all have people that we deem unworthy and unfit, that we disparage and look down on. For some it's the religious hypocrite and modern day Pharisee, for others homosexuals, for yet others it's people of other races or religions. Whatever the qualification standard we hold others to to test their right to be cared for, treated with the love of Christ and worthy of our time and attention, we're using the wrong criteria when we use our own feelings and ideas. God's ways are not our ways, and the truth is that we all have failed to measure up, those we naturally accept and those we naturally reject are all equally distant from measuring up to God's standard. But the good news is that grace is equally abundant and available for us all...and I mean all. Jesus came for all the world and said that whosoever would believe on Him would find grace and the right to have relationship with God. In saying this and declaring that we are to love our neighbors and our enemies, God has made it clear that there is no one person or group of people, whatever they might be, that we have a right to treat in an unloving manner or as though they are of no value. There is no one that we have the right to look down on unless it is with a loving hand to help raise them up.
Abba, help me to love ever person and group of people as You have loved me, willing to serve and lay down my feelings, judgements and life in order to show them the love of the Father for them. Amen.
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