GIVE PEOPLE ROOM TO GROW

Our churches should not be museums
To display perfect people
They should be hospitals to help
The hurting and the lonely
Before you judge anyone let me ask

Have you walked in their shoes?
Do know their story?
Did she have good parents?
Who gave her wisdom and guidance?
Did they make her valuable and loved 

Or was she taken advantage of
Have you tried to see life from her perspective?

Give people a little room
While they’re in the process of changing
Maybe the girl who walks into the church
Is trying to turn her life around
Give people room to grow

Maybe God put that co-worker next to you
Not so you could judge him
But so you could help love him back into wholeness
Your attitude should be God how can I help this person
Come up higher

What can I do to inspire them to become better?
How can I make them feel more loved, more accepted
More valuable, more secure
The closest thing to the heart of God
Is helping the hurting people

The amount of love, mercy, understanding and compassion
You give to others will be given back to you by God
The Holy Scriptures affirm it this way
We who are strong ought to bear with
The failings of the weak

You have to put up with flaws and over look faults
You have to make allowances for the weakness of others
Bottom line is this…be generous with your mercy
Show acceptance to everyone not just those who are like you
Give people room to grow