How quick we are as humans to rush to judgment without knowing all the facts or the ins and outs of a person's life experience. We look at an unshaven homeless man standing on a street corner with a "will work for food" sign, and we automatically assign him a label - LAZY BUM. We see a discheveled woman pushing an overloaded shopping cart, and we figure that she never did amount to anything much. How WRONG we are to pass judgment when we have no idea of the circumstances of that person's life.
Why write about this now? In the news yesterday and today is the result of the famous Casey Anthony case. I'll have to admit that when I learned she had been acquited, I yelped - "What?" But the real truth is that I don't have all of the facts, and quite frankly I have been to pre-occupied with other things to watch the trial or read about it either.
You know what? That's how we are with most people we meet. We make value judgments based on appearance, conversation and what seems to be their attitude. We sit near people in church and make those conclusions based on what we see on the outside, and the reality is that we have no idea what hereditary and life experience factors have created the person. Those who dress the snazziest and speak with the most polished diction can be covering up a life filled with abuse and pain.
Most of the time we choose to not get involved, to not care to inquire about a person's life or to get to know them beyond a casual "Hi. How are you?" and we hope they really will answer with the proverbial, "Fine thanks, and you?" Seldom do we want the real truth.
Do you think that Jesus would have engaged people like we do? Did he want to know the truth or a convenient lie to make his life easier? If we are Christians (followers of Christ) what should our engagements with others be like? As for me, I have found that the reply, "Fine," often hides a multitude of pain.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
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Good Morning Friends!
ReplyDeleteAs I just read Nancy's article "Rushing to Judgement"...I smiled! We are all different, right? We see some things very differently than our friends. Does that make either of us wrong, not nessicerely---we see things, thru "our background of knowledge" plus traumas that our own lives have gone thru.
As, I was sitting here near the TV awaiting the out come of Casey Anthony's trial...sitting on the edge of my chair & when they read "NOT GUILTY", (!) account, "NOT GUILTY"-- (2) account---NOT GUILTY---(3) I jumped to my feet, & cried out "Thank-you, Jesus"!!!! Thank-you, Thank-you!, see my life experienced a child who had been abused! And the life was simular in many ways to Casey's...in the mid-thirty's as the body "slowed" down makes adrenalin, the Secrets's come out!
But the drinking "binge"...before was not only a cover up, but just wanted a few moments free...of truama & not experiencing the feeling, "I am dirty & no good"...no one likes me...on & on. So as I viewed the trial & heard them say, Casey was abused by incest of both the father & brother--my heart ached & went out to her!
So I started "praying for Casey"...asking God to control the thinking of the judge & jury....God knows "all things"...& not to let her get the "death pentialy", if she was not guilty.
See, I didn't see her as guilty of murder---I saw a beautiful lady Loving & playing with her little precious daughter! With laughter & love! So yes, I was very happy...I believed the story it was an "accident in the pool" & what I saw was that the "Whole family" was involved in "the cover up"...& my thoughts were all had reason to be... So Yes, I am very happy ---the way it turned out & she will be outof Jail this next week! God is good--yes, so very very good! If, I am wrong, like many of you feel, (she will pay for it later---when Jesus returns) So, I leave it in the hands of Jesus our Saviour & Redeemer! Jesus loves Casey & Caylee as much as He loves YoU & I. God Bless each of you, is my Prayer!
A Personal Friend of the Rockeys & Co-Worker of Rockeys/ Jesus