I have been quite fascinated by watching a program entitled "Highway Thru Hell".  It is on the weather channel and is about a group of men who are tow truck drivers on a treacherous road in Canada.  The things they face are really nail-biters.  They keep you on the edge of your seat.  These men day in and day out move wrecks off of this very dangerous highway.  I am interested in the way they think through their approach to removing wrecks that could be quite confusing.  As I have watched this show, I have grown to appreciate what I would call "the little people".

These are the people who day in and day out keep our lives running smoothly.  They are almost invisible to the public and their circumstances are not really understood.  In America the big dream is to become someone of importance:  a doctor, a lawyer or perhaps God forbid a politician.  We look to those people with a sense of admiration.  However there are dozens even thousands of people who work all around them permitting them to accomplish their moment in the sun.  Not one of these people have gotten where they are without the help of all of those who are helping them up the mountain.  These are the "little people."  They cook our food, wash our dishes, mow our yards, fix our cars, paint our homes and operate in the background like a cog in a wheel.  They clean the wrecks out of our lives making it appear that nothing ever happened.  If these "little people"  are missing things become quite a mess.

There are so many of these "little people" who clean up the wrecks that we leave in our wake.  We don't really understand the magnitude of their commitment to us and to those all around us.  In turn, we as "little people" keep pushing the bolder up the mountain in hopes of reaching the top without being crushed.  The hope is that we will someday be thought of or remembered.

 If there is anything and I believe there are many things that we have lost track of it is an appreciation for our fellow man.  Jesus said that we are to "love one another."  He wasn't just talking about those who we knew personally, who agreed with us or who believe as we do.  He meant just what He said, "Love one another."  If we could only recognize the value of every individual in our world and in our society.  When we begin to label people as valueless or of no importance, or worth this amount of money in our world either through actions or words,  we close the door to healing in our own lives and in theirs.  Every person is valuable.  Christ died for all men and women not just those that we like.  When will we step beyond the mentality of us four and no more and recognize that God loves all people?  Our job is not to change them but to live in such a way that they will be influenced to change.  God's job is to produce change.

So the next time you encounter someone who dresses differently, or looks differently, perhaps someone whose skin is not the color of yours, or someone who worships a god other than our God, may we remember the power of example to influence and the power of love to bring change.  It is God's plan.  He is in charge and we are all "little people" in His sight.  Teach us Oh Lord to love, forgive, and walk as Christ our perfect example walked upon this earth.   Christ is our Savior and Lord, our redeemer.  He loved us when we were unlovable and undeserving.  Can we do any less?  And that my friend is the Real Truth!

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