Fragile People

There is an aspect of the Kingdom wherein much growth is still needed by the Church. In our endlessly hostile world, has it occurred to you lately that Christians in many places are less like Jesus and more like the culture when it comes to how we treat those who are fragile, fallen, and failing? How do we treat the bruised and bent ones whose lives seem to be giving off more smoke than light? A famous messianic prophecy from Isaiah 42 was lived out in the life of Jesus when it came to how he treated the fragile ones whom He frequently encountered. Jesus is kind and tender to those who are barely hanging on. He does not snuff out those who are smoldering down to the wick. His example instructs us about how we can revive the flame in the ones who are about to burn out. He empowers us to straighten out those who are bent under the weights of life. Jesus knows how to help fragile people.