You Are No Better Than The Next Man.....

"I am no better than the next man, just trying to better the next man." -Bobby L. Belton, Jr.

Have you ever looked down on someone that did not have as much as you or that did not look like you? Have you ever disrespected someone for the way they came across to you?
Have you ever been asked the question, "Who do you think you are?"

I am sure that a yes is the answer to each of the three questions above and if you have not been asked these questions then you are truly a special person, but what I want you to do is take a moment and reflect on these questions really quick because if you have not been asked these questions then it is because you have not verbally proclaimed these observatives to anyone publicly. We all have looked down on someone for the way they appear, but if you notice the third question is probably the most important question, "Who do you think you are?" or if you want me to be inclusive, "Who do we think we are?" No one is perfect my beloved, so our job and call in life is to accept those around us as Christ has accepted us for we are no better than the next person, but it is our job to pick him/her up and carry them to safety. Our society is dying each and everyday to the crucial realities of suicide and depression all because of how people view us. Please, I beg you, do not allow another person to be affected by the negativity around us. Please, I beg you, let us do our job and pick them up and carry them back to redemption because if you be real with yourself and I become real with myself WE will recognize that there are some things in our past that we are ashamed to allow people to know. There are many things that we do not want to let out, so let's recognize together that God is a God that forgives, heals and casts all of our sins into the sea of forgetfulness. He loves us for who we really are whether it be that alcoholic, drug addict, fornicator, masturbator, pornography addict or prostitute. God looks beyond where we were and looks to where we are going. Therefore, I beg you, to realize today that WE all struggle together, so WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? Please join me in saying, "WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THE NEXT MAN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BETTER THE NEXT MAN!" Why? Because I AM MY BROTHERS/SISTERS KEEPER!

LET US LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE!!

God Bless

The Common Guy