Treating Each Other Equally

One of the youngest grandchildren had a school disco coming up – the theme was the Olympics.

One afternoon she came to her mum to remind her about it and said,

“Don’t forget this Friday afternoon there is the school disco on. We need to go as an Olympian.” Then she added, “but I don’t want to go as a paralympian, missing an arm or leg.”

She said this innocently, not being mean or discriminatory, for she spoke only a few days ago about her 17-year-old cousin, Hannah who is a special needs child, that she could be competing in the Paralympics. Hannah is very special in our family.

She, like all people with disabilities, either born that way or due to an accident, show us how precious life is and we need to love all who come into our lives.

No matter if you are a refugee, come from another culture, born elsewhere and have moved state or country, or you are born and bred where you are now – you should be all treated equal.

Jesus showed us this time and time again.

Not ostracising lepers, haemorrhaging women, children, people from other cultures….

Oh, do we act like Jesus?

Do we see the person who needs love or the problem?

Do we see them as a son or daughter of the living God, or just see the differences?

Let our hearts be softened, and open to the love of God and love for our fellow man, no matter who they are.

Makes me always check my spirit.

May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’

Love

Rosemary

Every week groups of ladies meet together to chat about the things I raise in my weekly blog post and to chat about life in general. We call these ‘Heart Connect’ groups.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

How do you emulate Jesus in your life?

What are the times where you have chosen not to love others as they should be loved?

Have there been times where God has changed your heart in this area?