"...For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks on the heart."
1 Samuel 16:7
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
To Save a Life
Last night I watched a movie called To Save a Life. The movie is well done and addresses a lot of things, but the one that stands out is judgment. It displays various sides of this issue all of which stem from the judgment that another person is not worthy. The most evident example is given through the social shunning of a high school kid who has a limp. No one knew how much pain he was in, not because it wasn't evident, but because they had judged him unworthy long before sympathy had a chance to cross their minds. It is tempting for me to think that I have done well in this area. The Lord's work in my life and placement of me in other's lives has drawn me close to people with disabilities and unpopular people, and I have been tremendously blessed by them. Still yet, I can't help but think that there are those that I have missed in my business. The movie shows another kind of judgment though, one I know that I am guilty of. The judgment of popular people. In high school they are literally the popular kids. In college they may be the athletes or the charmers. After college they may be the ones with good jobs that seem to have it made. Often, they are the "beautiful people" regardless of the stage of life. I must confess that these are the people that I am most guilty of judging. I have watched them more times than I can count, and though the words have never left my mouth, things like fake, idiot, hotshot, liars have all crossed my mind. I have looked at them and judged their character long before I looked in their eyes. I have envied them without even considering their pain. I have written them off as "one of those" on first sight. For this, I confess that I have been wrong and I ask forgiveness. Our Lord never judged anyone based on appearances, he looks at the heart, and with his presence in us we have the opportunity to do the same. May we be like him and judge all who we come in contact with to be worthy based on his love for them.
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We watched To Save a Life during our youth camp this past summer. I couldn't agree more with what you've said here. The part of the movie that stands out to me the most is when they are up on the stage drinking coke through a sock and the guys says something along the lines of, don't you get it your drinking coke through your sock while people out their are dying. I think the people who are the "popular people, the beautiful people" are sometimes the people who are hurting the most. However because of those exact things people don't reach out and often people don't see the real people.
ReplyDeletewell said Sharise! I completely agree! My latest roommate had the most beautiful face, but she didn't believe she was beautiful and she struggled with so much internal darkness. I am thankful for the opportunity to have loved her though it has been difficult in many ways.
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