Last night in my class, we read about the Civil Rights movement and talked about the importance of the Civil Rights Act. We also watched Martin Luther King’s I have A Dream Speech. In class were students from Afghanistan, El Salvador, Mexico, Sudan, and Ukraine. As my students were working on some reading comprehension questions, I had time to think.
I realized that at some point in the past twenty-six years of teaching, international ministry trips etc., that a shift has occurred in my thinking. Long ago in the past I would have said something like I do not see color as it relates to other people and how I treat them to express not discriminating.
Now I would say that I do see color. I also see different languages, different cultures, different people groups. But I see them through the lens of John 3:16:
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
God loves all of his most beloved creation-Human Beings. The beautiful diversity comes from God. I see the diversity and celebrate it. I see the value that each person has in God’s eyes. It has been my privilege to worship Jesus in many cultures and to appreciate how though the worship styles differ, each time we were worshiping Jesus.
Now I would say that I see the diverse people as all being in the image of God who created us like an artist holding a color palette. Different skin tones, different cultures, but all created in the image of God and all loved equally by God.
So yes I see color. I also see the whole person as being created in the image of God.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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