In the courtroom of our mind the prosecution often has an open and shut case due to assuming the worst. Assuming the worst can put even innocent behavior and speech in the worst possible light. That can lead us to abandon what are truly healthy relationships with good people. The loss is ours when we cast off good people.
Just like with righteous judgment means to judge favorably with the scales of judgment weighed on the side of innocence rather than guilt, we ought to trust in the goodness of others until and unless it is proven unfounded.
Trust like respect is a two way street one must give it to recieve it but sometimes even if given it is not returned but that does not justify assuming the worst of those who come into our lives after we have been burned.
I've had the conversation with many women that because the five men they've dated or married were horrible that all men must be horrible too.
Five out of seven billion is proof of nothing except that these women were the only thing these men had in common so perhaps that may reveal the true fault. I've heard men make the same argument of women to the same lackluster response from me.
In everyday life the most unassuming people become involved in extraordinary events and later become legends.
In Alabama just before the civil rights era began things were horrible for so many people that a group went to their local reverend for help. That reverend was Dr. Martin Luther King, an ordinary man catapulted into extraordinary events and he changed his country for all people.
In the Bible Noah was tasked with saving the world even though he was an alcoholic. He rose to the occasion. In every era many pivotal figures were the unlikely heroes of their age.
My point is that greatness can happen to anyone. To me this is cause to cherish those you know and those you meet you may see that greatness face to face or you may become great but to me it is crucial to have faith not only in God but in His children as well because sinners can become saints.
Like Paul who helped murder the first Christian Martyr Stephen and went on to write 2/3 of the New Testament and be possibly the most prolific and influential missionary in Christendom.
