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I'm sure you're familiar with the term "one man's passion is another man's poison". As simple as it may seem, this phrase literally brings balance to life. Think of how mundane and colorless this world would be if everyone had the same passions and expressed precisely the same thoughts.
Sometimes depending on our socio-economic status and pre-disposed preferences we are able to insulate ourselves from those who are packaged differently than what we have grown accustomed to. This was much like the society in the days of the Old Testament under legalism.
Psychologists say there are between 12 and 16 personality types on this earth. It stands to reason that Jesus chose disciples from at least 12 different expressions. He chose those who were least like His ecclesiastically enriched blood line. He chose the shy, the loud mouthed egotist, the one with anger management issues and a conservative. His most profound moments in ministry were performed on those who society shunned. He was at ease with the many that had the least, rather than the few who controlled the most. This form of discipleship Paul proclaims best in (I Corinthians 9:22).
God was not interested with labels and packaging, but He knew we would be. So He made sure that He represented Himself as neither socialist nor capitalist. He was not a democrat or republican. In fact there isn't even a specific ethnic group that can lay claim to His complete racial make up due to His unique divine and physical incarnation. He literally saw Himself in everyone.
At the end of the day we should all ask ourselves if we made some body feel good about themselves and their relationship with us. Does everyone in your contacts list look like you? If so, let's take the next step and try to accomplish the same with someone outside of our comfort zone. Make them feel good about the fact that our paths have crossed so that they want to replicate the same feeling with someone else. This is the stimulus package we all need.
