Unborn people are people.
Special needs people are people.
People from every part of the world are people. Poor people are people. Unlovely people are people. People in jail are people. Prostitute people are people. Any person you are prone to discount as
lesser—they are people just like we’re people.
God the Father gave His one Son Jesus to become a Person to
die for people. Of all the arguments of
the value of a human life, this is perhaps the most provocative: the Prince of
glory died because of His immense love for people, all people.
As Jesus’ followers, what Jesus loves, we then love. What Jesus values, we then value. Don’t ever let yourself look down on another
person, Eden Joy. Kill that part of your
heart that would raise yourself (your person) above another person. Instead adopt Jesus’ attitude—give your life
for them, wash their feet, eat in their houses, serve them, look them in the
eye, put your hand on their shoulder.
James 3:9 says that all people are made in the image of God,
and 2 Corinthians 12:10 says that when we are weak, the Lord is strong through
us. So the Lord shines through us most
when we are the weakest. Perhaps then
the best way for us to physically see Jesus in this life right now is to look
into the eyes of someone we’d be prone to discount.
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