I dealt with a customer some time back. His type always makes me think of that old Tom T. Hall song, "Watermelon Wine."
He was definitely an "old, grey, black gentleman". A very pleasant and quiet fellow. He smiled and we transacted our business in a very amiable manner.
The thought has crossed my mind before and it did so once again. I wouldn't want to live in a country where a good, decent man isn't treated with the common courtesy he deserves just because of the color of his skin.
Prejudice is as old as mankind and as lethal a poison as the venom of the most deadly viper. It's killed more people than all other diseases combined.
God could've made us all the same. We could all be the same size, color and have the same beliefs and likes and dislikes. God didn't intend for us to love one another because we are just alike. Any selfish person loves those who are like him. He wants us to love one another in spite of our differences. It takes a God-inspired love to love those who are different.
Matthew 5:
44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
