As I sat down looking at my reflection in the red ornament hanging on the tree I began to look up and down and all around at the different ornaments. Some were round balls, some were tear drops. A few were clear with snowflakes painted on them and then there was the occasional twisty ornament delicately placed in random sequence.
As I stared I started thumping the ornament with my finger and it seemed huge as it reflected off the red glass. As I thumped it would swing forward and backwards then side to side. My reflection would get larger then smaller, larger then smaller. I began to watch my reflection in other ornaments as I played with this one amazed at how different my perception was in each one. But, no matter which ornament I watched or how close or far away my face seemed none of the ornaments reflected what I truly looked like.
Just as my reflection was not accurate...my perception of others is not always correct. I have heard the statement many times "looking through rose colored glasses," but how many of us look at other people through "Christmas ornaments?" What we think we see isn't a true reflection but instead it is distorted and unusual. The only way to truly know someone is to turn around and look at them! I am so guilty of looking at someone and immediately thinking I know everything about them by the way they are dressed, the way they carry themselves, their mannerisms, the way they talk, etc. but then I become offended when someone stereotypes me! Interesting how that works, huh?
"...discover beauty in everyone...get along with everybody...'I'll do the judging,' says God..." Romans 12:17 (MSG).
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