Judging is Not Loving

We all judge to a certain extent.  We sort people by their hair, clothes, music they listen to, food they eat, where they shop...etc. But people don't belong in categories, people are equal.  This is so hard to grasp, so hard live by.  Are we too full of ourselves to truly understand that we are above no one?  Sadly, it's true.

If we want to love everyone as ourselves then we must see everyone as ourselves.  So much of me wants to say, even now, that there are exceptions but there aren't.  The men raping little girls in Asia each night, the junky selling herself for her next hit, the lady spending her last penny on cat food for her 76 cats at home...we're all equal.  Society says those people are less than the common US citizen for one reason or another, that there is some open door to mock and hurt them.  But they need love, they have redemption at their door, they are human!  We are human.  I wish we could all get this through our head that each person is seen as a beloved child in God's eyes.  We are never going to be perfect and each of us has the capability of doing and being the worst of the worst.  I want to help people, not because they need me but, because they deserve a loving hand to be there for them.