Have you faced discrimations before? Neither have I til I came Perth. How strange? Not once, twice but 4 times in all!!! Dunno about tmr and the day after but up to this very moment, 4.
Hmm.. why so? Cos i'm an asian? Cos i look like a little girl with a haversack (i'll just take that as a compliment if its ever so true) and appear penniless? Looks like a terrorist??! These are things that ran through my head each time after I encountered them. Felt unjustified and unwelcome definitely. HErm! A little boiling cos i think some of the comments were rude and the tone used definitely didn't welcome any of my smiles.
Just as I was reading the scripture yesterday, I began asking the Lord if He wanted to teach me anything at all since it occurred 4 times in 9 days. Guess what? I was just reading through the book of Luke and came by this passage where it talks about Jesus moving towards the direction of Jerusalem and was passing by the vllage in which the Samaritans lived. The scripture clearly mentioned that the Jesus and His disciples were not welcomed there. The disciples then asked the Lord if they should pray to send down brimstone on the Samaritans. Jesus then replied that He came to save and not to destroy lives.
Wow! Jesus was very magnanimous and I realised that I was not when I got upset with the people when they make sarcastic remarks. These incidents act as a mirror to my ugly self which the Lord chose to magnify them through a series of happenings to teach me that I need to learn so much more about loving people with the love of Christ.
Hmm.. why so? Cos i'm an asian? Cos i look like a little girl with a haversack (i'll just take that as a compliment if its ever so true) and appear penniless? Looks like a terrorist??! These are things that ran through my head each time after I encountered them. Felt unjustified and unwelcome definitely. HErm! A little boiling cos i think some of the comments were rude and the tone used definitely didn't welcome any of my smiles.
Just as I was reading the scripture yesterday, I began asking the Lord if He wanted to teach me anything at all since it occurred 4 times in 9 days. Guess what? I was just reading through the book of Luke and came by this passage where it talks about Jesus moving towards the direction of Jerusalem and was passing by the vllage in which the Samaritans lived. The scripture clearly mentioned that the Jesus and His disciples were not welcomed there. The disciples then asked the Lord if they should pray to send down brimstone on the Samaritans. Jesus then replied that He came to save and not to destroy lives.
Wow! Jesus was very magnanimous and I realised that I was not when I got upset with the people when they make sarcastic remarks. These incidents act as a mirror to my ugly self which the Lord chose to magnify them through a series of happenings to teach me that I need to learn so much more about loving people with the love of Christ.
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