Forgotten

Are you bitter? Have you been betrayed? Do you feel disconnected? Have you been broken in life and don't know what to do? Are you one of the forgotten? Do you approach life as a skeptic? Are you an outcast? Are you the religious one?

I'm reading "Jesus Loves You This I Know" by Craig Gross and Jason Harper. Do you see yourself in the list above? Those are the ones Jesus loves. They also happen to be who each of the chapters are about and how Jesus loves them.

Just finished reading the chapter titled "Jesus Loves the Forgotten". A little quote from there.
"We are taught to step over or on top of others to get ours. They tell little Johnnie to be a "go-getter," but a go-getter is one who takes. Along that trail, we can pass up people who need a smile, a word of hope, a lasting shoulder to lean on. And to stop on the go-getter trail means we get passed up or passed over. That promotion at work rarely goes to the kindest or most compassionate employee. The caring often get kicked and stepped on. So many are consumed with their world that they forget about others. Those others who need to see hope, friendship, and lasting compassion."

Have you ever been the forgotten? Have you ever needed someone to talk to and been alone? Maybe you go unnoticed. Another face in the crowd. Maybe you are surrounded by lots of people, but are still forgotten. You feel that no one sees you. You are the overlooked. I often feel like the forgotten. Fighting against the insecurities of feeling rejected or worse yet, against not even being noticed. But there is hope, Jesus saw the ones everyone else overlooked. Those are the ones he was drawn to. He sought out the forgotten. It is what he does. It is what those who are pursuing Him are supposed to do. Love the forgotten, the broken, the skeptic, the bitter, the outcast and even the religious. Who do you need to love today?