humanity

a few weeks ago, there were two people who kept coming into the coffee shop that i work at.  it was this woman, who seemed very educated from somewhere in the UK and a man whose clothes had holes all over them and i judge to be homeless.  the woman would come in, order a cappuccino for herself and a coffee for the man.  the man stood outside for the most part, not wanting to come in and the woman would bring the drinks out to the both of them.

one time i was sitting in the shop and i was watching the interactions.  i started thinking about their stories.  about where they came from and how they got to know each other.  i started to thinking how cool it was that this woman was investing her time and energy into this man.

then out of no where it hit me hard.  like one of those eye opening types of smacking that really humbles you.  i asked myself “what if it is the other way around?”  what if it the guy who is investing his time, energy, and love into this woman.  the more i looked into this relationship, the more obvious that became.  it wasn’t some woman taking pity on this man or anything like that.  it was this man, investing into this woman.  

how quick we are to judge people by their outer appearance.  by what/ how people order and how they live their lives.  ironically i was teaching children’s church that month about justice and poverty in general.  yet, even though i was teaching about these types of judgements, i did the exact same thing.