So first of all I named this post after the book by Dr. Suess. I came up with this one day, while driving down Mulberry St. in Fort Collins and seeing a particularly unusual person. And I have to admit, I of all people am extremely guilty of people watching and this got me thinking. This moment caused me to think of the thought I hold of the people I watch, many times are very judgmental. Since this moment I have tried to think about these people that I observe from a distance with more intrigue then opinion.
As I've been pondering this "dilemma," it has made me think more and more about how we view people from the outside. I find I immediately put titles on people. In 1 Samuel 16:7 God tells Samuel to look at what God sees and that is not what we see on the outside. So when I started seeing someone who was dressed a certain way, or carries them self in a particularly noticeable manner I began to pray for them and ask that I could see them for more then what was on the outside. That I could begin to think of people in stories and a journey to match each of them. This, I'm finding, is a slow and tough task of changing a thought process. Yet it's so rewarding and opening to begin to view people from this aspect. I have found that it makes it easier to have intentional conversations with people who I am close to when I begin to wonder what journey each person has taken to get them to where they are in their life.
Someday I hope that when I report what I saw on Mulberry St. it can be from the way that Jesus sees those people, as His wonderful creation, each set apart for a specific purpose.
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