Last night, Krissy,
one of my friends and I went to a Pete Murray concert here in my hometown. To
be honest, I more went for the opening act – Andrew Redford rather then Pete
Murray but that’s neither here nor there.
From the start of
Pete’s set, there was this group of 30something ladies standing in front of us
– blonde, skinny ladies you’d expect to see them working in offices or out at a
posh restaurant for a business lunch, those are the kind of women they were.
By about half way
through his set, they were starting to get a bit sloshed and as they did so,
their dancing got worse and worse.
Me, being my usual
judgmental self, started to pay them out and mock them in my head. I’m not sure
if I’m the only one who does this, but I am terrible for it. This went on for
almost half an hour, as they got worse, my thoughts got even harsher.
That was until I realised how horrible my thoughts were, and I prayed. It was just a simple quick prayer.
“God, why do I judge
these ladies? It’s not my place, please help me see them as you see them for we
are all your children.”
I looked up after I
thought that prayer, and the first girl I saw was one of the girls I’d focused
my internal mocking on the most and I instantly knew her husband was an
alcoholic, that he bashes her and that this is the first time in a year that
she was aloud out with out him.
This horrified me.
This lady that I’d
been so rude to in my head, was going through so much. Who was I to judge her
having a fun time.
I must admit, I
stared at her rather intently for a little bit as I thought about all of this,
but as I did so, I started to notice that whenever her friends weren’t looking
or talking to her, her face dropped and her eyes glazed over. You could see the
pain in her face.
One of the lyrics
of my favorite songs came to mind while this was all happening, and they go
like this:
All those people
going somewhere, why have I never cared?
Give me your eyes
for just ones second,
Give me your eyes
so I can see,
Everything that I
keep missing,
Give me your love
for humanity,
Give me your arms
for the broken hearted,
Ones that are far
beyond my reach,
Give me your heart
for the ones forgotten,
Give me your eyes
so I can see.
Just something to think about.
Andrew Redford
