When Jesus walked this earth he met with people that other people refused to be with. The dying, the destitute, the weak, the low, the tax collectors, the prostitutes, the lepers, the outcast, the broken. People that needed love, and when he showed them love they were surprised, taken aback, struck with his willingness, his desire for them. I don’t imagine that it is easy to do what he did, but it at least seems simple.
Yet I am sitting here wondering, how do I do this? Is it really that simple? Who are the people with in my reach who need love? Who would be surprised by love? How do i find them? How do I reach them. How do I love them? How do I become one of them?
It seems like in our society, people with attributes like these are hard to find. Because these attributes are not profitable, they are not attributes people tend to magnify, instead they are hidden and disguised. We are supposed to be “perfect.” Part of me knows that everyone has these attributes inside them, they are just hidden inside us and disguised. But another part of me feels like there has got to be people who can’t hide it anymore, who are exposed, broken and in need of love. Unconditional, unrestrained, unstoppable love.
So how do I find them? Are they all around me and I need to love till they realize it? Are they hidden? Are they waiting? Are they ready? Am I ready?
“These thoughts they propel me on.”
this is from ihop prayer room again.
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