How you and I treat people says more about our character than anything else. Especially those who would fall under certain categories like ... the weak, vulnerable, poor, defenseless, insecure, trampled on, outcast, marginalized, incapable, broken, and the like.
I am constantly convicted of how I treat people who are vulnerable. How often they become a nuisance to me. We take ourselves so serious and often push to the side those who are not capable of knowing how significant and important we are. Yes, most of us are willing to schedule time to be benevolent. We will periodically stoop to meet the need of someone below us. But I wonder what "they" would say about us? What would the weak, poor & defenseless in our individual worlds say about us? That we don't make eye contact? That we walk the other way? That we are in a hurry? That we fake listening to them? That we find the quickest way to get rid of them? What would Jesus, I mean "they", say about how we treat them?
The way we treat people speaks to our character. The way we treat those above us ... those side by side with us ... and those below us. Be careful though, even our propensity to place people in a category "below" us says something about our character as well, even if we plan on acting benevolently towards them.
The Bible says "... in humility consider others better than yourselves". It takes great character to walk that out. To see those in our world as more important or at least just as important as ourselves. Find someone vulnerable today and give them your undivided attention. See their response and feel your own. You will learn something about the "perceived" importance of your life and we might just find a way for our lives to become truly important.
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