I know that I’m a bit of a strange bird: I go to weird places and enjoy the experience, I do some crazy things and think about it later, I find it to be alot of fun to try new and unusual sports, etc. Furthermore, I love to explore culinary adventures. There’s this bald guy on TV who goes to some really strange places and eats food that is nothing less than thoroughly bizarre – I like watching him because he challenges me to push the envelope with trying new things to eat. My latest claim to fame is eating a bug off the fender of one of our vehicles in Angola last year (that was on the heels of the bugs I ate with my friends in Cambodia). ANYWAYS, my point is that my parents raised me to eat and “like” all foods. When I was growing up, we weren’t allowed to say that we didn’t like a certain food. We always had to try a teaspoon & omit the subsequent critique ,)
So this got me to thinking about how I perceive people. If I can enjoy such a wide array of food options, why not let God develop a love in me for a wide array of people. Today, I felt that God challenged me to be less picky and finicky about people and to love them with less criticisms and pre-requisites. Perhaps you’re really good at loving a wide variety of people – please pray for me that I would continue to get better at loving people and being less picky. thanks muchos 🙂