DON'T DISCRIMINATE!!

During my devotion this morning from James 2:1-13, I noticed that James is addressing "FAVORITISM" happening in our churches. In fact, he devoted an entire section of this epistle to address this problem. It is a fact that five areas where we can be tempted to discriminate. We can discriminate on the basis of 1) APPEARANCE 2) ANCESTRY 3) AGE 4) ACHIEVEMENT and 5) AFFLUENCE. 6) SOCIAL STATUS. Brother, don't tell me you don't do that in your church. When a divorced woman comes to the church why we blind ourselves to the reality, to the pains, to her gifts, to her needs and turn our face away ignoring the unexpected tragedy in her life? When people come along who are physically disabled, we label them disabled, and we thereby blind ourselves to the infinite treasure they have to offer us. Hey, aren't we harboring a secret prejudice or hatred? Well, just a thought!!