This is just one example of how my views have changed.
When we were going to a baptist church here in town, these homeless people came to church, dirty clothes, not smelling nice, and what did I do.....I turned my nose up at them. I instantly said oh they must want a hand out. I was judgemental terribly. It makes me so upset thinking about it now. I was like that with a lot of people and a lot of things. I was leglaistic and very condemning. It wasnt any one church, but a culmination of things that got my view this way.
Coming to my new church, my views have made a 180 degree change.
Funny how God works, those homeless people I was judemental on are now my friends! I know them by name, chat with them often and help them as much as possible.
They are good people who know and love Jesus, they have a positive attitude despite their situation and they are just friendly sweet people. I would have never taken the time to get to know them or even talk to them before and would have missed out on a great blessing of knowing such nice people.
God looks at the heart and we should too, it is easy to judge people on their out appearance, but we have to get past that and get to know them as people. You may think they arent clean enough, or skinny enough, or smell nice enough or whatever, but those things dont matter, and those things dont make them who they are. What is inside makes them who they are.
I know in my life i have missed out on knowing a lot of great people all because I was judgemental. I was a jerk. Praise God He has changed me, I just feel like such a new person in Him and I am loving it every day!
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