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When you were younger, did your parents ever say to you, “Take a good look at it!” Usually you were in trouble and they were trying to show you the right way to do something or you were facing the consequences of your own bad behavior. Possibly, you might have been with them in the car and there was someone strung out on drugs on the sidewalk. They would then point out what they wanted you to learn from the situation in question. That phrase was usually related to something negative, no doubt about it.
Might there be another way to look at these negative situations? Take the homeless man on the corner, the drug addict sleeping on the sidewalk, or the people at the soup kitchen trying to get a hot meal. Do we need to “take a good look” at these situations or do we need to “take a God look” at them?
How does God look at people in difficult situations? Does He view them with compassion and have a plan to help them when they cry out to Him? I believe He does. His compassion extends to those who are stuck in the most unfortunate of situations. When we see them, let’s try to see them from God’s perspective. What would He have us do to help others when they are right before our eyes?
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Let’s not “take a good look at them,” let’s “take a God look at them,” and see how we should respond to the needs before us.
Valerie Cullers 
So true and well said not good look but God look. Truly admire you the way you said these words giving beautiful message
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Blessings to you my friend!
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What a wonderfully written message!! Thank you!
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Excellent message Valerie!
Blessings for a wonderful New Year!
❤️carmen
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Thank you so much!
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in these situations I ask God to give me strength and find more people in solidarity with who really needs it. sometimes I think that we are the ones who need God the most to help those who really need them.
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You are absolutely right! We need Him in order to help others. In our own strength we can do nothing of value or importance!
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
AND THEN…WHAT WOULD GOD DO????
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Thanks for the reblog! Happy New Year to you and the Mrs.!
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Thanks! ❤
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Excellent post! I can’t tell you how many times I have heard “How sad” instead of “What can we do to help!”
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Yes, we need to flip our perspective to a more positive one!
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A change of perspective is often necessary.
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Yes, it is! Thanks for stopping by!
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You’re welcome.
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Begin with a smile. It opens doors. 😄
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Yes, you are so right!
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The Golden Rule requires nothing less of us.
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Yes!
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Well and wisely said my friend. 🤗💐🌸🌺
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Blessings to you my dear friend!
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💐🌸🌺🤗🙏
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This is so lovely and serves as a perfect, simple reminder for us to see others in a more compassionate way. I’ll definitely be doing this. I wonder if it will make me uncomfortable – to see the contrast in how I might have dismissed or reacted to someone or something and how it will be if I look at it through another lens entirely? Either way it will be another opportunity for some personal growth and to be a little more caring. Thank you!!
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Thank you for taking the time to read it and for your deeply personal comment! So glad the post spoke to your heart. We all need to do it. When I write, I am speaking to myself first!
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It comes across in your writing but I also think that is what can be such a call to action is often found in your posts. Your inward journey makes us think about our own and don’t they always say that it is people’s own journey or way of living that can serve as inspiration or a catalyst for our own!
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Yes, you are so right! God Bless you as you travel forward in your journey! ❤
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