A BUMS ADVICE Famed movie director Alfred Hitchcock was on location in a New York slum when inclement weather brought the filming to a halt. A filthy old man sidled up to Hitchcock and said, I have a suggestion. Why dont you rig up some artificial light? Hitchcock patiently explained to the derelict why this was impossible, treating him with great respect. Asked about it later, Hitchcock said, Ideas come from everywhere, including left field. You have to listen or youre lost. This act went beyond kindness and took account of human potential, however low the light was burning. James tells us that believers must treat all men alike. We are often so impressed with the rich that we forget they have hungry hearts like the rest of us. We are tempted to like them for what they have or who they are. Or we are so disgusted with the shabby ones that we turn them off. The wise believer realizes that both are Gods children. If we show preference for the rich, James warns, we transgress the law. Believers are to love all men alike. May we pray today to see men as men, not as types or in certain social brackets. This is real Christian love. Verse: If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. (James 2:8-9 KJV)
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