I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors - even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way. I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.

Psalms 31:11-12 NLT

Ever had this happen?

Or some variation of it?

I know that person saw me and crossed the street, went down another aisle in the supermarket, looked away to avoid eye contact.

I've had it happen. 

And I've done it. 

And David's written it into his song as he has experienced it too, from 3,000 years ago we have not loved one another that well at times. 

Sometimes it's self care, and we can learn to do that with grace and love too. 

Yet we follow Jesus, who didn't look away, who didn't walk away, who walked towards. 

He sees the broken pot in all it can be and picks up the broken parts and starts the restoration. 

The putting back together.

And he calls us to follow.

To follow Him.

To see those who believe they are broken pots, to see their worth. 

Thanks David for this picture for us to sit with today in our world.

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