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A Difference In Attitude

In the following poem by an unknown author, we see two different attitudes illustrated. Let’s seriously think about what the words are saying to us, and then choose the right attitude of heart as we interact with others (cf. Matthew 7:12; Luke 18:9-14).

A man was down and someone said,
“That’s where the rascal ought to be”
But never offered him a bed,
Nor gave him water, bread or tea,
And neither did he lift his heart
And breathe a prayer in his behalf,
But plunged in him a deeper dart
By saying, “He is worthless chaff.”

Another looked at this same man
And said, “He has a precious soul,
Therefore I’ll help him all I can
To rise in life and seek a goal.”
And so he spoke a friendly word
And wept because he’d fallen low
Then prayed till God in heaven heard
And made his life to shine and glow.