My Kids are Color Blind
After twenty plus years of being with my daughters, I just realized they are color blind! I didn't notice it at first. It was a subtle awakening for me, even though subconsciously I'm sure it's been there for years. I suspect that future generations may also be affected as well. Those of us in older folks, see color much more clearly, in part, because of the environment in which we grew up. I wonder if you've been impacted with this condition?
In my school, I was the a minority. Most of my friends were of color until I was 12 years old and I moved away. At my new school, I was in the majority of students who were white. Emphasis on color was not a critical part of my upbringing, other than the caution of integrating two cultures could bring difficulties in marriages. When it comes to skin color, my children are color blind. Perhaps there may be a time when we will see people as people rather than the the color of their skin.
A few months ago, my oldest daughter reported she had a new neighbor. She began to tell me he was a pastor of a local church and was very nice. She had gone over to help him mow his grass and chatted a while. It wasn't until I was visiting one day that I noticed he was not Caucasian. Never did my daughter once say anything about his ethnicity. During conversations, talk is made of friends, neighbors and co-workers as people, not what color or socioeconomic status they come from. I've come to realized that this group of young women see people as God intends us to see them...as people not colors.
The millennials often get bad press, but I'm here to say there is certainly a lot of good we can learn from this group of people. I'm learning all the time, and they help me to open my mind to other ways of thinking. What would life be like if we were all color blind? I think we could certainly live in a more peaceful setting. Why do we fight to divide when clearly we should unite?
We all have the same God. He created each of us differently to provide different gifts to glorify Him. My eye's have been opened because of the gifts I have received my my children. Jesus came for the poor and forgotten. He didn't spend his time with the elite. As a matter of fact, He often offended the wealthy and the scholars. Jesus spread love to those He taught and asked us to love His people and care for His sheep. Relationships were what Jesus was about. It wasn't about division or who is right or wrong. It was about loving someone through the truth of the Gospel. Sometimes loving someone means telling the truth even if it hurts, but holding fast to the relationship while walking with someone is the key to truly loving someone and hoping for change. Today, look around and see what colors are clear to you.
Health bite: The colors you see may be separating you from important relationships.
