Accepted By Carole McDonnell At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Matthew 25:32-33

I hated gym in high school. The teacher would pick two team captains. The captains, in turn, would choose their respective teams. Unpopular, gawky, weird, and clumsy, I was usually the last person to be “picked.” Basketballs or volleyballs aimed in my direction always landed on the floor. Few of my fellow students knew me, and those who did certainly didn’t identify with me. Several times, however, I was not the last person picked. Those times, the teacher had chosen a one of my friends, or some kind-hearted equally gawky outcast.

We all have had experiences with rejection – we don’t know the right people, or we lack the right skills, or we are considered too important for others to befriend.

In choosing who to identify with, people in the world are often like high-schoolers. We sometimes help only those whose skills and worth are apparent. Or we help when we see a benefit for ourselves. But how differently these sheep behave! Their kindness sprung from hearts that weren’t seeking rewards. No sermon or guilt-trip prodded them to love their outcast neighbors. They weren’t even aware that they had helped Jesus. And yet they had.

In a world where we are often rejected, it is difficult to understand that God accepts us. Indeed, God has a special love for the rejected, the outcast, and those whom the world judges as unworthy. He said, “Come to me all who are heavy-ladened.” Jesus said, “I came to seek the lost.” And, “Those that are well don’t require a physician.” The Book of Proverbs tells us that “there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”

As Christians, we are called to grow in the love of God. This means that we must not only grow to love God but we must also grow in an understanding of how wonderful and powerful God’s love is for us.

Lord, help me to understand your love, care, and power working in the lives of all those who love Christ and your holy word, the Bible.

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