Clay in the Hands

It sounds a little like the next Pixar film doesn’t it?  The Invisibles!  Woody and Buz and all their friends could discover a world of toys they never knew existed.  I don’t know, it might sell tickets . . . nah,  probably not.

Unfortunately, invisibles are real and they are all around us.  They go about their daily lives completely unnoticed by mainstream society – by us.  Now before you become paranoid and think I am about to tell you about a new conspiracy theory or something, let me give you some examples of invisibles that might be in your path today.

• The clerk behind the cash register at the convenience store where you stop to buy gas.
• The waitress at your table at lunch.
• The person walking down the street in the cold as you drove to work or school this morning.

These are just three examples of invisibles.  But here is the question:  Are they invisible because of something they do, or something we do (or don’t do)?  The answer: something we do!

This Sunday I will be preaching on the life of Jesus; particularly the way he connected with people.  He saw people – he really saw them.  He stopped to show compassion and love.  He literally had the emotional weight of the salvation of mankind on his shoulders everyday, but yet he took time out of his schedule and picked up a child or healed a blind man or touched a leper.

Do you really see the people God puts in your path?  Or do you simply look past or through them toward the next thing on your schedule or To Do list?

I have to confess, of all the people guilty of doing this, I am one of the worst.  But today, it will be different.  Today I choose to see.

How about you?