While we each have an overwhelming desire to be treated as a unique human being, we often ignore other people’s humanity and treat them according to the function they play in our lives. Do you treat the person who serves you at a restaurant as a person or as a server? Ever wonder what is going on in that person’s life? His grades might be suffering because he has to work so many hours just to pay for school and doesn’t have enough time to study. She might have just had a miscarriage. He might have just found out that his dad has cancer. But most of all, like we all do from time to time, she might just
be having a bad day for no particular reason.
Today: Consider this: Who is the one person you have loved more than any other in your life? Jesus loved the man who scourged him more than that. Jesus loved that man more than you and I have ever loved anyone.