She loved the broken ones, the ones that need a little patchin’ up. She finds the diamond in the rough and makes it shine like new.
As Christians we are called to love the broken ones. Sometimes we tend to take that in a glamorous way. We think of the bar girls every night having to sell their bodies, because that’s all they are told they’re worth. Or loving the children in the slums that have to work in the streets selling flowers every night.
This past month has been all about love. Loving the girls at Zion Café. Loving monks. Loving children. Loving bar girls and lady boys. Loving each other. Even loving customers at the bars.
But…
How do you love that man looking at the girls’ bodies and not their hearts? How do you love the parents forcing their children to walk in the lion’s lair night after night to sell flowers? How do you love that friend that has hurt you? How do you love the monks when you don’t understand them?
The answer is in the same way. They are all lost and broken some how.
Love that man just as you love those girls, because he is broken and also looking to stop the hurt. Love that parent, because she is probably desperately in need and sees no other way. Love that friend as you always have, maybe even more, because chances are she has some hurt too. Talk to that monk, and learn about why he has chosen this life. Chances are he’s seeking.
The only way you can do that, though, is with Jesus love. There is no way you can look at that man with love unless you are looking through the eyes of Christ. You can only love that friend the way she needs through the love and forgiveness of Jesus.
Jesus is the one that gives us the example to love the broken ones, and He is not selective in who He loves. He loves each of them and each of us equally.
Shouldn’t we do the same?
