Bubble  TL Leatherman


As I write this, I have $3.10 in my bank account. I do not have a car. I need a car to do my job. I am months behind on my rent. I am not sure whats going to happen. I have been like this for a while now. I have been living on faith and I always seem to have what I need in the nick of time. Although, I have to admit, it is beginning to wear me down.
I don't reveal this for pity or a loan, but to make a point. There are so many people right next to us that are in need. It seems like we live in a bubble. In that bubble, we get upset about bank charges and how long we have to wait at the Doctors office. We are devastated at the ding on our car door. We think about important things, like shopping. There are all kinds of statistics about how much we waste in this country.
 That is not going to change anytime soon, unless we adopt an attitude of thankfulness. The more stuff we get and are able to have, the more we forget how blessed we are. Right now if I had the problems I mentioned above, it would mean I had money in the bank, health insurance,  and a car, none of which I have. I have to believe that God will deliver me from this situation in His timing. My prayer is this;" Lord, never let me forget what you deliver me from. Help me remember by sharing my blessings with others in need, not just as I stumble on them, but let me seek them out."

Don't Judge Me T L Leatherman
How many judgements do we make in a day? What we will wear, this shirt is cool, those pants are too small now but, I am going to wear them anyway; as a tribute to my denial of weight gain. What we will eat, or whether we will eat at all.
Then we go meet the day, and we make judgements about other people. "Why is that idiot in that lane", "she looks gorgeous I'll bet she......." and people make judgements about us. Why is that creep in the too small jeans staring at me?
But as christians, we are not supposed to judge, are we? We believe as the bible teaches, that the measure we use to judge others will be used on us. That  tends to level the playing field a bit. However, we seem to find loopholes around that, especially when we know we are right. After all "they" are heritics and don't realize they're in danger of the fires of hell. Gay marriage; "Heavens no! Thats an abomination against God". Abortion; "They are murderers!" Alcoholics;" Why do people do that to themselves?" " I'm not racist, but..."
Ironicly, when things get really elevated on these subjects, something usually does end up on fire.
Think of the very worst thing someone could do. Now picture yourself doing it, because any one of us is capable of the most henious crime if we are put in the right set of circumstances. Even without the perfect storm of circumstances, we've done enough already, haven't we? If we were honest with ourselves, all the things that we point fingers at, we are guilty of in some form or another. It would serve us well, when we start thinking we got all the righteous answers, to keep in mind, to God, a sin is a sin and we all are sinners; Born again or not.
I wonder if in Jesus' time on earth, he might have met a gay person. I wonder how Jesus would have made that person feel when talking to him or her. What would Jesus be thinking about that person while they were talking? What kind of body language would be going on?
When you talk to people do they feel like they are talking to a friend of Jesus?