Day 136 Reality...

As we are walking this incredible journey of being a privelaged Christian, I pray that our hearts will not become cold to opening up to others who are a little bit different than us. They may not look like what an ideal follower of Christ would look like, but Jesus was reaching out to them ALL the time! Don't be quick to judge the outer appearance when we do not have the power to see the individuals heart. That is why God chose David to be king, oh he did not look the part, but man he had a super heart after God! It's incredible to me how judgmental I am sometimes not only at church, but every day. Oh God change my heart. It is a big deal that we reach out to the unloved, the unlovely, the poor, the needy, the stinky, the drunk, the stripper, the bullies, the hateful, and out family members. We can't forget about the purpose of our life...to go out into ALL the world(not just our comfortable church groups) to reach them so that all can be brought to our amazing Saviour. It's him that we are living for, oh ya it could be akward at times...but we would not grow and change and our character would not be sharpened if we did not get out of our own little spaces and reach the world. Love the people that normally would not be invited to your church, love those that maybe are a little rough around the edges, love those that even might be extremely hurt and angry, and don't forget to pray for God to give you the divine wisdon and words to speak to their hearts and draw them to a loving, healing God who shows no judgment...God make me more like you...