And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

Matthew 5:47

     Have great joy in your hearts and talk with every person you see as if he were your brother or sister for has not our Lord Jesus taught us this.  Every person needs the reinforcement of our God's divine love through you who know and understand this.  Do not save your compassion and love for only your close circle of friends and relatives for we, as Christians, are brothers and sisters of all our God's creation which he loves unconditionally, and they sorely need this as do you.  Our Lord sends you to each person you meet to emit this divine love through the holy spirit which he has given to us.  It truly is the simple things, which we think are petty and unimportant so often, that can make such a difference in others lives and influence them to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

     On a recent trip, we had been traveling for hours and, being very hungry, stopped at a chain diner, not a favorite of ours.  The waitress was a young girl with piercings, tattoos... all the things we of our age find repulsive (being judgmental).  She forgot to put our order in and we waited for an hour by the time she found her mistake and listening to her boss chew on her verbally.  She told us she would pay for the dinner.  Having this same experience in one of the chain's other diners, we knew the money would come from her pocket.  As we stood to leave, my wife and I handed her the money we calculated we owed.  She tried to refuse saying, this is on me.  I patted her on the shoulder and said, that's not what our Lord says.  She was dumbstruck and very affected by those simple words.  She just looked at us as we left with a sincerely affected look.  What great power those simple words had upon her...not the money.  One may see her in church some day soon, but, whatever, she has been powerfully touched by our Lord and his love.  Never neglect the simple things, and, as I personally need to do, work on not judging people as our God asks us not to do.  Leave it to him for he does it with love and with all the facts of one's life.  May our Lord Jesus be with you all.