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"All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy."
C.S. Lewis

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Scripture for Life - Appearance

The lesson subject for this coming week is "Appearance."  No, that doesn't mean that we're going to talk about always looking your best, although that's certainly a good thing to do.

Instead, we're talking about how people normally look at and judge people by how they look.  That's not the case with God, He instead looks at the heart, and judges us on how we show love for Him and for one another, as expressed in the scripture verse for today:


1 Samuel 16:7
"But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him.  For the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."


For points/comment:  Have you every experienced a time when someone treated you unfairly or inappropriately because they judged you on how you look?  Or, have you ever done that to anyone else?

Below is a video on the subject of accepting people for who they are, it provides a good reminder of what's really important...

-Wes

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3 comments:

  1. kristenMarch 3, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    I don't think I have ever been in that situation.... I have been in a situation where people just judge me and call me names thought bc of my appearance but I just let it go bc it still goes on today

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  2. UnknownMarch 3, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Well, I'd love to say I've never done that, but I have. And people have done it to me. But, I do my best not to do it, and Its been a while since I have. I do have to say its uncalled for. No matter what the situation in my opinion.

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  3. SwansonMarch 4, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    i dont think i really have done that so no.

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