Daily Lesson for September 1, 2014

Today's Daily Lesson is from Job chapter 11 verse 5:

"In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
it is ready for those whose feet slip."

When misfortune befalls another there is a natural human inclination to shun, avert eyes, and reject.  I have seen an antipathy bordering on hatred spew forth from some towards the poor.  I have seen it in me. We don't know their stories, or their circumstances, or what all was stacked against them; we don't even know their names. Yet we look upon them with scorn.  Added unto the plight of the misfortunate is villainy. And we who gaze upon them delight in a seething contempt.

The man in the gutter -- what if we knew his name?

What if we  knew his story? 

What if that man in the gutter was our friend or brother?

What if he is our savior?