Wondering Why?

As time goes by I can't help but wonder "why?". Why do people treat people the way they do, like they are beneath everyone else and not deserving of respect. While they meet someone new and treat this person with more respect and love than they do the friends that they have had for a while. People deserve respect, everyone does, not just who someone chooses. Who do they think they are to choose between people? If God went through the crowd and decided who was worthy of His love and who wasn't, all of us would fall short. In 1 Peter 2:17 it is writen: "Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." Notice how it says honor all people, not just who you choose.

It disappoints me greatly when I see brothers and sisters of Christ being each others down falls. People need to understand that no one is perfect, and that we need to be careful not to let their failures erode our respect for their good qualities. The truth of it all is that you can find something to respect in anybody if you look hard enough, and take the time to know their heart. When with Christians, you are with God’s children and should honor them accordingly; regardless of how they are acting. Because we are not the ones to judge them; but we are the ones to love them. In Genesis 9:6 it's written: "Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man." God made us not that we hurt and judge one another, but that we are equal no one being greater than the other for we are all made in His image.

The part of all of this that makes it hurt the most is when you have a friend that you trust and love, as a brother or sister in Christ, and the entire time you are friends with them they believe they are above you. But friends are suppose to be willing to except your flaws; not because they have to but because they want to, because they love you. He or she may be lazy and forgetful. Yet chances are good if they want to be a good person and do the right thing. You can respect the desire of someone's heart even if you are disappointed by his or her actions. But when they do hurt you, the option is not to be judgemental but to be there and help them and show that you'll be there for them, just like Christ is there for us. We are to see others as God does. Each of us has amazing potential. Gideon was a fearful man, living hidden from the enemy, yet the angel of the Lord greeted him by saying, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior" (Judges 6:12). The angel’s greeting was not because of anything Gideon had done, but because he knew how God planned to use Gideon.

I hurts me to watch people do this to others, especially people who love them. I personally just had an experience of this, during this past week. Being told that "You're not worth respecting" by another brother in Christ, especially someone that I loved like a brother, hurts a great deal. I know I am facing another trial in my life, the fact of the matter is sometimes I become to dependent on my friends. I've been working on fixing it, but just like everyone else, sometimes I fail; and everytime I do God reminds me of it. But the reason for this being such a huge issue for me is that we are suppose to love our sisters and brothers in Christ not hurt them. The question still remains: "Why? Why do they do this and why do they think they are right in doing so?"