The Greatest, The Prettiest, The Strongest
Everyone wants to be the greatest, the prettiest, the strongest. Sports heroes, coaches, politicians, doctors, lawyers, janitors, teachers, car wash attendees, fast food employees, waitresses, hairdressers, and barbers all are valued at different levels in our society.
We place value on what position someone holds, the amount of education they have, the medals they earned, the awards they have received, the car they drive, the house they live in. Yet, what would we do without the solid waste employees, the waiters and waitresses, janitors of our office buildings and schools who clean the toilets, and take out the trash?
I even watched these guys on TV the other day who wear scuba suits and go under the water and clean the drains in the sewage system and are paid very little. They usually come from much less educated families and live in a much lower class neighborhood, nonetheless when you look at what it would be like without them, they automatically gain phenomenal value. I think to myself there is no way would do that job for a living. Ugh!
Our children go to school and they also face labels, the cheerleaders and quarterbacks are in an elite group. Everyone wants to be popular or a part of the popular crowd. Even the boys who live with me want to be like the kid that has parents who pay for their child's tuition, but they aren't and they don't realize how much it will mean to them later in life because they had to work to earn everything they accomplish. I do see it in their eyes sometimes how proud they are of themselves when they accomplish small things.
The hispanic woman and her two children who clean the police department do not speak any english, they work for meagar wages, but they contribute to what kind of day I have. They are in the background of our lives going unnoticed, yet they hold very important positions and most importantly Jesus loves them.
I try to remember to reach out to them but I don't always. I try to show them the love of Christ. I have learned to speak quite a bit of spanish so I can communicate, and the lady asked me recently if I would teach her to drive and help her get her license. She has saved fifteen hundred dollars to buy a car.
There are so many opportunities to reach out and share Jesus with people and alot of times they are not the greatest, the prettiest or the strongest, sometimes they are just in the background daily touching our lives. barely make it from day to day. I am striving to open my eyes and notice things I might otherwise overlook. I am guilty of taking so much for granted. I am so blessed.
We place value on what position someone holds, the amount of education they have, the medals they earned, the awards they have received, the car they drive, the house they live in. Yet, what would we do without the solid waste employees, the waiters and waitresses, janitors of our office buildings and schools who clean the toilets, and take out the trash?
I even watched these guys on TV the other day who wear scuba suits and go under the water and clean the drains in the sewage system and are paid very little. They usually come from much less educated families and live in a much lower class neighborhood, nonetheless when you look at what it would be like without them, they automatically gain phenomenal value. I think to myself there is no way would do that job for a living. Ugh!
Our children go to school and they also face labels, the cheerleaders and quarterbacks are in an elite group. Everyone wants to be popular or a part of the popular crowd. Even the boys who live with me want to be like the kid that has parents who pay for their child's tuition, but they aren't and they don't realize how much it will mean to them later in life because they had to work to earn everything they accomplish. I do see it in their eyes sometimes how proud they are of themselves when they accomplish small things.
The hispanic woman and her two children who clean the police department do not speak any english, they work for meagar wages, but they contribute to what kind of day I have. They are in the background of our lives going unnoticed, yet they hold very important positions and most importantly Jesus loves them.
I try to remember to reach out to them but I don't always. I try to show them the love of Christ. I have learned to speak quite a bit of spanish so I can communicate, and the lady asked me recently if I would teach her to drive and help her get her license. She has saved fifteen hundred dollars to buy a car.
There are so many opportunities to reach out and share Jesus with people and alot of times they are not the greatest, the prettiest or the strongest, sometimes they are just in the background daily touching our lives. barely make it from day to day. I am striving to open my eyes and notice things I might otherwise overlook. I am guilty of taking so much for granted. I am so blessed.
posted by Live, Love, Laugh at
4:50 AM
3 Comments:
Knowing that we are all children of God helps us to remember that we are no better than the person standing next to us in the checkout line at the grocery store. My parents worked hard to teach us that we are all equal in the eyes of the Lord....I try to make it a point to wave at the garbage men when they pick up our trash...
Great post....
I beleive that Jesus has a heart for the poor and really it is an honor to encourage and helpthem.
greatness in His kingdom does not equal greatness here... i am trying to live like that... but it is hard...
Jesus was the best at modeling this. He saw the marginalized...and loved them. I guess this includes me!!!!!
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