Jeffrey Davis

I tend to be a very judgmental person. There, I said it. I’m not proud of this fact, but it’s true. I often make judgments about people based on what I think I see.

The result, they confirm whatever it is I thought I saw. Have you ever done that? Of course you have, we all have. Someone rolls up in a mickey-moused up honda civic, hat on sideways, loud music polluting the air immediately surrounding the vehicle and what do we think?

I’m sure it is something to the effect of, “what a wannabe ghetto fab punk.”

The result of that personification is whatever you just projected. We see what we want to see. What might have happened if the same person pulled up beside me at a stoplight and I thought to myself, “man, that guy really takes joy in expressing himself; it looks like he put a lot of work into that car.”

I would then cease to see him as a ghetto fab punk, and would see the good — or if you prefer, the love — in him.

Do you think “Christians” simply get what they look for?

Christians believe that they “have” something that everyone else “needs”. The result, they see needy people. They believe that they are “saved” and there are many others who are “lost”. The result, they see people who are lost.

What would happen if we saw the Love of God in everyone?

The argument could be made that such is not reality, but simply what I choose to see. However, perhaps there is more to this topic than meets the eye. Not all personifications may be valid.

I dare say that if I choose to see the Love of God within every individual I meet, that I will see anything else but such. On the other hand, if I try to see someone who is “lost” in someone who is “Love”, that love will overwhelm my attempted perception of lostness.

What might that mean, I wonder?

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