Troubling report

MSN news is running a story about the necessity to be thin in order to be successful.

A report by Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and his colleagues in a study for the European Commission said that "these findings could reflect biases linked to the social acceptability of body images."

This is a disturbing trend among peopole, and Christians are as guilty of this as non-Christians. More than once I've heard curt and cutting remarks about someone. What was the point of the attack? A disagreement about doctrine? A concern about a wayward life? A matter of opinion?

No. Simply that the person was obese.

I find that we Believers are shamefully callous towards people in the area of weight. Surely we see that they are aware of their plight? They don't need a reminder from you, one which would surely ruin their day.

I recall a friend who visited his college after a few years and his marriage. The president's first words to him were, "I see you've packed on a lot of weight." The gentleman told me, "Here I am, looking at him, and the president had lost about half of his hair. How would he like it if I would have reminded him that he was going bald?"

Numerous times I've counseled teens whose main trouble was simply that society didn't accept them because of their weight.

Kindness is Christianity with its working clothes on.

Let us think about each other and help each otherto show love and do good deeds.~Heb. 10:24 ~

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of otherscannot keep it from themselves.~Sir James Matthew Barrie ~

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is,What are you doing for others?" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Remember to welcome strangers,because some who have done this havewelcomed angels without knowing it.~Heb. 13:2-3~