Pasts.
We all have them. We all have the hurt and the trials.
We all have the memories that bring a smile, and the flash backs we wish
we didn't have.
We all have them.
In thinking about this, something really started to weigh heavy on my heart.
I think that too often people lack two things: grace and desecration.
No
one else has been through what you have. Just the same, you haven't
experienced the paths that others have walked off of. We need to act in
love. Just as you would want someone to understand where you are coming
from that's how we need to treat others. Christ is the prime example of
this. No matter what your past is He still died for you. For every
mistake, every slip up. All of them.
Sometimes i think as Christians we forget how fortunate we are and we don't see that part of Christ as much as we should.
Smiles are easy to fake.
Stories are easy to change.
Tears are easy to wipe
and
Secrets are easy to hide.
Sometimes
people don't see others through eyes of grace. Maybe that guy has had
one too many people walk out of his life and that's why he is sitting
alone. Not because he is a loser. Maybe that girl was violated and
that's why she doesn't anyone come close. Maybe the reason that family
stopped going to church is because of corrupt leadership. Maybe that mom
is never home because she is working 4 jobs just to pay rent and that's
why she is never at any school functions.
Maybe.
Pasts.
We all have them. The important thing to realize,
though, is that how we act and how we allow our pasts to influence us is
what matters.
Next time your mind starts to define someone remember that where they have been is not the same place as you.
Use good judgment.
Speak in love and walk like He did.
