I have a dear friend who has made the statement that he "no longer considers white people". Upon first hearing this statement, as a white guy, I was taken aback a bit. BUT, upon true consideration (and conversation), I got the understanding that what he means is that he doesn't want to live daily with the consideration as to what another race would think of him or his actions. It must have taken quite a bit of consideration to no longer consider this.
We don't consider much these days. We know a good bit. We have opinions, etc. thrust in our face from many sources. And we are busy. I believe that I/we can be too predispositioned or too made up in our minds to consider much these days.
Consider the political arena. Consider religion. Consider God. Consider faith. Consider our neighbor. Consider our inner cities. Consider the fatherless. Consider the childless. Consider the homosexual. Consider the servant. Consider the leaders. Consider the addict. Consider the donors. Consider the beaten. Consider the convict. Consider the lonely. Consider the busy. Consider the proud.
We are too quick to combat, agree or conclude.* Consideration takes our time.
What if some long haired guy was talking about flowers...Hey man, think about this flower. Think about the petals, and how they grow. Think about how they don't even have to try. They just sit around and let the rain fall on them. Let the roots drive deeper into the ground. Their petals are more beautiful than anything you could buy with money, man. Bill Gates has nothing compared to this flower...we'd probably think this guy was smoking a bit too much.
Take the time to consider.
*Certainly we can have stalwart beliefs and convictions which are paramount in our lives. However, sometimes these can become blinders to some things we might need to "consider".
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