In real life, in today's times, it is sadly unfortunate that all to often we "thin slice" some of the folks we run across. And yes, we do this at church as well. Sometimes we have tragically somehow set ourselves up as perhaps just a little bit better than some others. True? Yes, I know that sounds harsh, but if you really cut to the chase of what makes us tick is not it very easy at times to "thin slice" based upon how another may act, look, dress, or perhaps even because of their ethnicity?
"Thin slicing" can be an ugly part of our human nature. And if it is, it is something that needs to be addressed if we are to be real Christians. We need to know only one thing about others....their heart. For their beauty is not from their outside appearances. Their beauty resides in their hearts.
Just as Belle discovered that the ugly old beast was, in fact, an enchanted prince in the fairy tale, if we just look beyond our instinctive ability to "thin slice" and look for that light of Christ in the hearts of others, we too will find many other real life enchanted princes we may never have known were there.
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