Have you ever seen a website, read a letter or even heard a statement coming out of a person's mouth and it was like a a slap across the face! A You know what I am talking about - one of those Warning Signals like that of the blast from the Tornado Warning Signal that right on top of you.
Recently I had been looking up information about a Christian Based Non Profit for a new friend to contact. He wanted to give some time giving back to the community while here for several months.
As I began scrolling through candid pictures posted on this website, I could feel the slap hitting my brain hard! All of the volunteers of this inner city non profit - the volunteers - were all Caucasian. The inner city area they were working in was prominently African American.
After pondering this I decided they probably never thought how their website might have been perceived. Knowing these folks as I do, it was never intentional. It caused me to further ponder the question, do we as "Christians" just not think when we are out and about trying to "Win The World"? How do those folks looking back at us see?
This scenario reminded me of my families good friend, who was a minister in the inner city of Savannah Georgia - he related a story about food and can goods collected for Thanksgiving to the families within that inner city. He said - "One afternoon I was standing in the kitchen of a lady who was looking at a turkey so large that it would not even fit into her tiny oven and the can goods that were brought to her were items she had never even heard of."
Our perception of life can be seen from a multiple of different lens. Some of these lens can alter our perception of the reality of the true picture we are looking at. Sad but true.
Not only should we keep our lens clear - free of those clouded lenses that alter our perception, we also need to make sure that when those that look back at us see us through a clear lens as well
What lenses are you wearing today?
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