"And Pay Attention!"

"Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His Name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness." (Psalms 29:2) Sometimes we need a gentle reminder of what we are and how we were chosen to be His children; and then again, sometimes we need to be put in our place! It's really easy to judge people that do not know the Truth, because we remember how it was with ourselves, when we refused to answer God's call upon our life; but, we should not measure what people are based upon what we were, because each and every one of us are different in one way or another. Oh, we might share several things in common, but ultimately, we all have a different story, but the same ending is in store for those that are His children. One thing that remains the same is Jesus; the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, He is what we must be looking to, especially when it comes to judging others! Instead, we typically look for the faults and the sin in others, letting that be the basis for our approval to invest our love into their lives. Well, first of all, it's not really our love that we should be considering to invest, it's the love of Jesus that they need; which means that we need to let Jesus love them through us, placing ourselves on the sideline and letting Jesus shine through to touch their hearts. I know what your thinking: What does any of this have to do with the verse above? Yes, I can get off track sometimes, and I have been known to spend several days entertaining my thoughts and feelings; but not today! Today I feel that this is something the Lord has given me to share, because so many of His children are being wounded by the ones who are to be mending their wounds, not rubbing salt into them! You might consider the question, "Who is my brother?" and then treat everyone as if they are, and if they currently aren't , then they surely might become one! Notice the wording of the second part of this verse, and see how it says, "in the beauty of holiness", not, "in the beauty of His holiness"; because, as far as we are concerned, every person on this planet is a potential child of God, because God does not determine their inheritance based upon what they currently are, but upon whether or not they accept His Son into their hearts. We were once there where they are; maybe not trapped in the same sin as they are, but we were trapped in sin, all the same. And it was not until we accepted Jesus into our hearts that we could even see the Truth, let alone know what is Truth..."Therefore as by the offence of one judgement came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abound, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 5:18-21)