Thursday; February 5

Have you ever wondered why we have prejudice in our world?  I am sure you could find several theories about why this is, but I believe that one of them is that we have forgotten the history of mankind … so, let’s hop in the time machine and go back for a refresher course.  First of all, we could go back to Day 6 when God created humanity and realize that He made one man and from him, He created one woman.  We can all trace our lineage back to Adam and Eve.  Interestingly, the Wise Man of Proverbs seemed to reiterate this when he wrote, “The rich and the poor have a common bond, the Lord is the maker of them all.” (Proverbs 22:2).  Since we all originate from the same couple, we are kinfolk.  I think we can add to this by taking a stop during Noah’s day.  The only family that came out of the flood was Noah’s so we can trace our common roots to that point.  Yet, maybe the thing that brings us closer together than anything is something that God said shortly after He created mankind, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:26-27).  Even those of us who have different physical characteristics share one common trait – we are made in the image of God!

Sure, it is easy to spot the differences between people, but let’s make the effort to find common traits.  When we see just how alike we are, prejudice will be harder to imagine.

          Think About It!