This past Sunday morning a member of our Church 

Accused me of stealing; of course I was in shock

Then he begin to explain

Said I was taking the long hair from one side of my head

Trying to cover the top and the other side

 

He was right in his observation

But he was too quick to judge

Since he knew little about the reasons

I was trying to keep what little hair I had left

 

What he didn’t know was

I recently finished my fourth cancer treatment

Causing a lot of my hair to disappear

I told him to look closer

He then noticed a new crop of short hair

 

Of course he was joking

While making fun of my loss of hair

But the damage of his words

Left a scar only time will heal  

 

Deep down I know he was joking

Too many of us are too quick to judge

We are looking at outward appearance

When we should be looking at the heart

 

Why do we judge others?

Is it to make ourselves look better?

Does the loss of my hair make me less of a man?

Does it change who I am? 

This incident helped me and opened my eyes

Now I try to think before I speak



©James Sanders 
January 11, 2009
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James 3:8

The tongue no man can tame
It is an unruly evil
Full of deadly poison