“He created all the nations throughout the whole earth.”—Acts 17:26 (NLT)
I still remember the look the gal at the bank had when she asked my occupation and I proudly said, “I run cows.”
Her nose wrinkled, and she held my application away from her immaculate suit with manicured, mile-long fingernails. “Why?” she blurted. “It’s so dirty!”
That memory from my college days leaped to mind recently as I helped sort calves in the corral after a thorough rain. The mud was almost knee-deep. The calves had the advantage—unworried about losing their boots with each step. But we got the job done and kept our socks fairly clean in the process. Everything else got splattered—the grit in my teeth wasn’t tasty, either.
I wondered about that banker gal. Which of us had chosen the better career? I cannot say. Even today, working in a bank sounds as inviting to me as being in prison—indoors, around folks all day, in town. And I’m confident Ms. Banker still wouldn’t trade with me.
Isn’t it precious how God has created each of us—bankers, ranchers, people of all stripes—in his image? We are all his children. We are all loved. We each fill a unique role that is vital to one another in society.
How boring it would be if we were all the same! We wouldn’t have banks if everyone were like me, and there would be no food if we were all like my banker gal. What a wondrous array of hopes and dreams, gorgeous skin colors and fascinating cultures, all beautifully knit together by God’s own hand.
Thank you for city people, country people and people of every walk of life you have placed in your creation. Remind us today how much we need one another, almost as much as we need you.
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