Love the Overlooked

April 1, 2007 · Filed Under All Entries 

“Put on the apron of humility, to serve one another.”
I Peter 5:5 TEV

 

Servanthood requires no unique skill or seminary degree. Regardless of your strengths, training, or church tenure, you can…love the overlooked.

Jesus sits in your classroom, wearing the thick glasses, outdated clothing, and a sad face. You’ve seen him. He’s Jesus

Jesus works in your office. Pregnant again, she shows up to work late and tired. No one knows the father. According to water-cooler rumors, even she doesn’t know the father. You’ve seen her. She’s Jesus.

When you talk to the lonely student, befriend the weary mom, you love Jesus. He dressed in the garb of the overlooked and ignored. “Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me” (Matt. 25:40 MSG).

 

1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2
Originally printed in Cure for the Common Life

Mirrored:

Perhaps the most overlooked persons nowadays are those we often see in the streets. The girl selling sampaguita, the kids asking for our spare coins, and all other people with handicap who has no other place to go but the streets. I am guilty of these things. With times like ours it pays to be cautious, but my cautiousness also hurts them.

Well those people are another story. I do admit that there also people who are close to me in distance and yet I often ignore. It is probably good to aim to perform one goodness a day for the people in our sphere of influence.

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  1. Jaypee on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 2:55 AM 

    Like you, I was hesitant or cautious to give money to these beggars since most of them are used by syndicates. However, my wife always reminds me that it’s not up to us to judge them or worry about how they use the money but we give because we want to help them.

    Good post! Very enlightening and a good reminder for all of us. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  2. Neil Bernardo on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 5:19 AM 

    I admit–I ignore them at most times for the fact that I overlook them as some vagrant who are not allowed to murk on the streets. But it hurts to admit that I cannot help them for reasons that I need the money or I have no time for them… this is eye-opening.

    Is this from a page of Our Daily Bread?

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  3. Neil Bernardo on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 5:20 AM 

    Oh, I didn’t read the footnote. Sorry. :shock:

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  4. Ymir on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 9:55 AM 

    JAYPEE
    that is another factor, some are only used by syndicates while some uses it as a modus operandi. :cry: that is why we do have to exercise the use of our conviction in giving help.

    NEIL
    dont we all need money.. :lol: but dont worry, illegal na namana ang pagbibibgay limos sa pilipinas e. :mrgreen:

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  5. Marco on Mon, 2nd Apr 2007 1:46 PM 

    o nga eh, i just weep (inside me) when i see myself helpless -or selfish- to the people who really needs some reaching out.

    we all need something naman e, it just comes out in different forms, but all of them results to one end.

    by the way pare, pa tulong naman sa design nang bago kong blog hehe ang olats pa nang sidebar widgets ko e… ;) add me up on msn, g-talk, or ym heh :)

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  6. Bungi on Fri, 6th Apr 2007 12:40 AM 

    Nice post here. I explored a bit of helping people and exercising caution in one of my posts as well.

    Like your blog. Will drop by again.

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  7. Ymir on Fri, 6th Apr 2007 2:07 PM 

    MARCO
    i’ll be happy to help kaso parang nagloloko ym ko.. everytime i login lumalabas yung invi mo pero kahit ilang accept ko di ka naa-add.. weird. :shock:

    BUNGI
    thanks for visiting.. i do hope you drop a comment again.. :mrgreen:

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