Appearances and Judgement Calls

This is the last paragraph of a blog post that appeared in Speaking to the Soul on the Episcopal Cafe. The legislators who voted for the farm bill that AGAIN reduced funding for the SNAP program need to read and understand what is said here.
"Today’s challenge is to stop looking at the sports cars with the vanity plates and see the guy on the side of the road. It is to look beyond dirty faces and tattered clothes to see the real needs of people in trouble and respond to it. It is to look beyond Gucci handbags and Brooks Brothers suits and see the hurt and loneliness that lie underneath. Most of all, it is to look with eyes of compassion and God-sight to see what is truly there and what need requires filling, including within ourselves."

The complete post can be found at:
http://www.episcopalcafe.com/thesoul/daily_reading/appearances_and_judgment_calls.html#more