"The Help" came out in theaters yesterday and we saw it with Mandy's mother. Highly inspirational and thought provoking movie. In the midst of viewing the real pain and strife of the black/white issues, we actually experienced a real-life example as a drunk man was escorted from the theater for his crude talk and rather racist comments as we viewed the movie! Ironic? Maybe, or maybe it's a reminder that we still have a long way to go in "loving our neighbor" - black or white, Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, loved one or enemy. Thank God He makes no distinction among His loved creation. The children raised by "the help" made no distinction either.
Jesus urged men to have faith like a child. Those white children raised by black maids were not instructed to trust, love and, obey with sincere devotion - it came naturally because the maids extended love and care first. Rather, the maids must have struggled against the bitterness of being mistreated in order to truly love those "spoiled" white children.
God tells us to serve one another, even the most unlikable, even our enemy. He knew something about serving long before man perverted the idea. Serving builds true character. Serving builds indestructible bonds. This must be why God displayed His incarnate form, Jesus,as a servant - above all else.
If only we grasped this idea of putting others before ourselves. Pastor Dave has been preaching on this at our church. God knows there is great reward in experiencing the joy and fulfillment of serving another - that is multiplied by the measure of difficulty in doing so! Praying that in marriage, in ministry, in life we would seek to grasp and practice true Servanthood and therefore, true love.
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