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Hi Willie., it's tooooo left open for a mistake for me to try and figure some people out. Who can know for sure why people do the things they do? I was thinking today about how different people's minds work. And am just letting my fingers do the walking as I'm speedily go over the keys putting down some thoughts to share to anyone who wants to read them. I thought of Helen Keller for instance. Her motivation for talking and learning and communicating was much different than many other people will ever go through.
Her looks were different than most people's because of her disabilities. Her whole life could not be compared to many of the 'average' people out there. So to see her and hear her speak if you didn't know her story, people who only see by the instant/outward appearances would not really see this awesome lady for who she was and most would have just passed her by. But I think that those people who are judgmental would and could find fault with Helen even if they did know her. Once they got to know her, they would see her personality and that she was not 'perfect' and human nature being what it is., they would focus on that negative and dismiss all the positive she had done.
There were millions of things going on in the world at the time Helen K. was managing her life as she learned to live in the world with her disabilities. Although many world events were going on like wars and killings, marriages, births, ocean vacations were happening she was not living in that reality at the time she was learning. She was just glad and so very thankful to be able to have the reality of her life in the ability communicate with people after being totally isolated without sight, sound or ability to speak. And God was right there with her.
It boggles my mind even though I'm not a genius like she was or other people are., but it just causes me to stop and think what do Christians who judge other Christians and other people THINK?? How do they justify judging people? How do they think they know enough to do so? And isn't Jesus big enough and strong enough to take care of the sinful issues that are causing life on earth to be wacky? Isn't God able to take care of the so called heretics that come on the scene so that Christians do not have to be at each others throats "defending the faith" yeeessshhhh. Even on CC?
"Defending the faith" That has got to be something different for many different people. I think depending on how huge a person's ego is., that would explain how far and deep and high we would jump to show everyone we're right other people are wrong in comparison. And is it almost always about comparisons? and don't we alllll have these tendencies in our flesh? And what are we comparing others too? Do we judge others the same way we feel we are judged. And is it those who don't feel judged that find it easier not to judge?
Most of us will never meet that evangelist 'Todd' with the dreadlock hairdo like you have Willie. Nor will we ever know his deep hidden man of the heart. But don't we have to allow God to be the judge? And shouldn't we all just bless the man instead of guessing about him and instructing others to "beware of him since he may be too happy to be of God or to sloppy and not a "snappy dresser" Or he maybe isn't healing the right way or using the right formula., or he isn't in church on Wed. night. or his wife works or doesn't work. or his kids maybe don't obey fast., so then they could say 'a man that can't take care of his own household isn't fit!! Or the cloths he wears and my favorite ...his hairdo.
How do any of us know about these people who are out there ministering to the world?? Why do they always get judged by the amount of money they have? Maybe they asked and God gave. And how far do we think satan would go to discredit ANYONE who dares to go out in the name of Christ to be fishers of men using the airways and modern day dodads that allow us to communicate anytime day or night. There are millions and millions of things we COULD judge but SHOULD we???? Shouldn't there be some MAJOR thinking before judging. And under these kinds of conditions., I don't feel much like judging someone. It's way to complicated a task. We are not equipped for the job.
Just some thoughts about CC today i decided to post. Oh., and also., doesn't God open doors and close doors? Isn't God the One who brings opportunities for us? Isn't life to short for us to spend judging each other for our faults? Even the people I've disliked here., there were things others told me that were very admirable about them in spite of their personality flaws.
