Never judge a persons story/pain you dont understand!!

When I lived in Cape Town a few years ago, I used to stay live in an area which has a high rate of prostitution, literally during the day, you would stop the car and in an instant you would have a lady by your window, asking “How much”. For some crazy reason I was fascinated by their lifestyle, not in way that I would ever be a prostitute, but inside me I had this burning desire to find out what drives a person to the point of desperation that they are willing to sleep with a man they don’t know? Inside I kept on thinking how desperate must one get to subject themselves to such a danger

So my curious self-decided to stalk one of them, well I didn’t really get to talk to her, don’t even know what her name is, but every night I would stand on the balcony and wave at her. Almost all the time it was just before a car parked at the side to pick her up. I juts grieved for her, but at the same time my then religious mind condemned her. I mean I would smile at her all the time, even during the day when I saw her drive away in another man, but inside I said hurtful words, all in ignorance because back then I was lil Miss Perfect and religion had taught me that anyone who wasn’t as perfect as me, or those I associated with was devilish.

But there is something about hitting rock bottom that makes you realise how imperfect you are , outside of Christ. Now don’t go thinking that I did drugs or whatever it wasn’t that bad, but for me my defining moment , or what Oprah call my “AHaah” moment came when I missed the mark in a certain area of my life and right there and then I began to see people differently. No longer did I have labels, to justify a lifestyle, the root of which I didn’t know. No longer did I run way from those that were not like me, but I embraced them with love.

I grew to understand the grace of God and I believe that I have not as yet fully grasped it. I learned that you may hate the lifestyle of a person, but never the person. You may hate certain behaviours, but it’s not in your pace to judge, but to love. Even your rebuke must be done so in love. Love is powerful; it’s the greatest force against any sin. Love, agape deals with sin by grace.

So when you walk down the street tomorrow and you see someone who doesn’t look like you, doesn’t act the way you think is appropriate. Before  you judge, verbally or within, Know this: That we are all made in the image and likeness of God and its LOVE  that we are need to walk in with all man, till we all walk  the reality of who we are in Christ.