Contemplative Bible Reading

James 2:9 (New Living Translation)

But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.

Sunday morning that guy sat on the pew next to me. You know who that guy is:

• he dresses funny
• his hair is fixed funny
• his cologne/shampoo/deodorant/toothpaste smells funny
• he shakes hands funny
• and, worst of all, he acts funny

Gosh. What a terrible hour sitting there with that guy next to me.

An hour later I read James 2:9. Ooooops, ouch, and lots of other single-word descriptors of how awful I felt. What a miserable person I am. Thanks be to God for grace.