Think Twice About Judging

     We've all judged someone before. Whether it was by looks, clothes, or even family... we've all done it. It's like human nature to us. We reallly don't need to judge a person by their outward appearance though.
     We need to look deeper into someone. For example, if you saw "a very old man, lying face down in the mud," what would you think? He's dirty, or even homeless? Maybe he's Jesus in diguise. He could even be an angel God sent from heaven to help. The angel in "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" was judged by people. People tossed "him things to eat through the openings in the wire as if he weren't a supernatural creature, but a circus animal." On the outside the angel was "dressed like ragpicker" and his wings were "dirty and half-plucked were forever entagled in the mud." On the inside though, the angel helped, was caring, and patient. He did miracles to the blind man, the paralytic, and the leper. On the outside the angel probably looked scary, but he never did anything to harm someone.
     I myself judge people often, and that's bad considering I don't know them. Last year I ended up having most of my classes with a girl I hated. I thought she was mean, stuck up, and rude. As the year went on though, I learned that I was totally wrong. She was really nice to me, funny (not rude!), and not stuck up at all. She's a really good friend of mine now. I guess I learned my lesson on judging others before I get to know them!
     In the story when the neighbor came she said, "He must have been coming for the child, but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked him down." On the outside he was just an old, dirty angel, but that wasn't how he was on the inside. He came to help and heal the the young child. It shouldn't matter what's on the outside of someone as long as the inside is good and right.