Friday's Find

Ever judge a book by the cover. Usually it is the biggest mistake we can make, as we later read the book and find out that is turned out to be either the best book ever or the worst book ever. When it comes to people it is always a mistake to judge them by looking at them. Have you ever thought, "I wonder what people think of me, Do they like me?" Well, I have. Most of the time I get that feeling that their perception of me is not a positive one. My demeanor is not always the friendliest, that usually does not come out until people get to know me. The worst is when you get those times when you have met people a few times, been introduced, no deep conversation or anything, but when you see them in a different setting than the one you are used to, they turn away. Sometimes, most times when that happens it is hard to take. You feel like you are Charles Manson and then you start to think have people told them something about me that was not true? You kind of hope that is more the case, (I guess that gives them an excuse), rather than them judging solely on what they see. Worst thing about this is Christians do this also. Either look down or look away, maybe based on appearance, maybe based on what you do. Last week, someone told me (totally unnecessary) I would not hang out with so and so, because of what they are like. (I am being vague here - I am sure you can fill in the story line a little better). When I hear stuff like this from people, they have lost most if not all credibility with me. When I get to meet so and so my view of them is now unfortunately tainted by what that person said. It might be an outright lie, it also may be truthful, but what someone else sees in someone, does not mean I see it as something negative and not something so bad that I would not be friends with them over. We all have our faults (even me - no really!!! - it's true) (digressing - injecting humour). So next time you see the very nice looking book cover, and the one next to it that looks like someone threw up on it, don't take it to mean there is more value in the "pretty" one than the other. Always remember....for every finger you point at someone else, you point four at yourself. We can cause so much hurt to others by just the smallest thing we do, let alone say. Topics like these are a lot harder to blog about than Bible topics, because sometimes the latter is more opinion of what I think it is saying to me, while the former is life that happens, and sometimes can make life a lot more hell than it should be for me or anyone. Just something I needed to get off my chest, because it is something I deal with on a regular basis.