How many times have we looked at someone and judged them just on what they look like.
Today we went out to eat at a sports bar/grill and some guys were watching the football game, rooting and tooting for their favorite team.
My oldest son said, "Boy, this guy has to be drunk!" I just looked at him and asked him how he came to that conclusion.
Yes, we are in a sports bar/grill but that doesn't mean this guy was drinking!
This man was just a big Raider fan cheering on his team. He got very excited when his team scored. So what's wrong with that?
This made me then think of a TV show (can't remember what it was) I was watching last year. The show was about judging other people based on what they look like and/or wear.
Each audience member wore a different number on his/her shirt and when their number popped up on the screen that person had to tell what they have been judged on all the time.
The TV show host formed a panel of 5 women and men who had to judge 5 other people just based on their appearance and clothing. I don't remember what was said about all 5 people but I still remember to this day how they judged this poor woman because of what she was wearing.
The woman they judged was a Muslim (American) woman with a very beautiful colored head scarf.
Some of the comments were, "If I would sit on an air plane with her, I would call one of the flight attendance and report her as a terrorist. She sure would make me very paranoid being on a plane with her!" "Her hair must be so dirty underneath this scarf!" "I betcha she really smells bad if you get close to her!"
Are people really this paranoid about other people wearing a head scarf? Yes, they are Muslims but no, they are not terrorists. What you see on TV are the bad people and not the majority of their country and/or religious believe.
This poor Muslim woman was in tears after she heard how she was judged. She said that she actually washes her hair every day like everybody else in the USA. She was born here in the USA. She takes a shower every day. She changes her head scarf at least twice a day, if not more than that, depending on her mood and where she was going.
Does it not say in Matthew 7:1-5:
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
So next time you look at a person and judge them just on their appearance, please think twice because this person is most likely not what you think he/she is. This person could turn out to be your best friend, your neighbor, or even the person who may save your life.
