Loving Lost People

I managed to get myself stranded at my city mall. While I wait for my Good Samaritan, I observed the crowds.

As I glared at the sea of faces around me, I discovered how much I felt detached to them. It was like I was in a foreign terminal or something. I didn’t like this feeling, because although I believe Jesus wants us separate from the world, I don’t believe He wants us to be isolated from it.

The people of the world should not be seen as diseased victims to shun, but lost orphans needing to know they have a Father who loves them and wishes them to come to Him (2 Peter 3:9).

I recall Matthew 14:14, where Jesus looks over the multitude that came to hear Him and it says, He was moved with compassion. He genuinely loved and accepted all people.

As someone hurries here to rescue me, I’m praying that God will open my eyes and help me to love lost people as He loves me.