But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as humans see: humans look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16.7 I’ve seen a few posts recently being super angry at people for their “unnecessary” reasons for being outside... Everyone likes to be the righteous one. Well, it makes me realise how glad I am that God doesn’t view our actions the way we view the actions of others, based on our own disgruntled senses of and need for superiority.
Maybe that person in the park doesn’t have a garden like I do, and suffers from anxiety, calmed only by the wide open space that reminds her of God’s care of even the grass of the fields. Maybe that person buying house paint has worked with her hands all her life and is losing grasp of herself sitting doing nothing and so is doing up the house to feel useful and keep her mind and hands busy each day in lockdown. Maybe that neighbour standing a little too close as she talks to the family in the next garden down is so, so lonely, and doesn’t have the social connections I do in my household or via online communication. When God picked out a king, he sent he prophet Samuel to go and anoint him, and from how things looked, Samuel got the king wrong EVERY time. There is often another way to view things. I’m going to keep trying to look at people the way God does - valuing them for nothing they’ve done, but simply because they are precious. I fall short. Time and time again. Especially now. But I’ll keep trying. Stay safe, and take care!
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AuthorI'm a recent Cambridge Theology graduate now studying for a Masters in Biblical Studies and blogging about all sorts of things! I'm interested in faith, Church, theology, social action, the great outdoors and being creative, and all of those things - along with many more - come through in my posts!
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