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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:
Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world...
James 2:5-7 NIV
Monday morning and back to the gym!
Jim's gym!
James is not writing to a church but to christians everywhere.
And to me.
This is not an isolated problem, but an issue of the heart. About my biases that I can't even see.
Who are the "poor in the eyes of the world"?
Who are the poor in my eyes?
Those with less.
And they so easily become less in my mind.
Less wealth. Easy one.
Less money, property, cars
They're "less"
Less social skills. Introverted. Hard to talk to. Seem closed off. Awkward.
Less
Less education. Must've made poor choices, don't have the goods, failure.
Less
Less resilience. Can't deal with life at the moment. Can't find their way out.
Hurt, lost, addicted, struggling
Less
They're from the wrong country, they're the wrong shape, age...the wrong "look".
My list could go on.
James says flip what the world says and look for the good and the value in the "less".
Will I?
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