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“THINKABOUTIT” THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Wednesday; May 28, 2008

                                     

         If you don’t know, I spend a good portion of my employable life working in Law Enforcement.  The other night, I was pulling a plainclothes shift which involved driving around a local area in an older model van.  As I was out looking for the “bad guys”, I received a phone call from a dispatcher asking me where I was and what I was doing.  When I told her, she laughed and said that someone had called in wanting to report me as a “creepy looking guy” driving around them, making them feel uncomfortable.  Imagine that, here I was, a church-going, straight-laced, law-enforcing person trying to protect society and I looked “creepy”.

          While I take no offense to the phone call, it does serve as a reminder that people are not always what they initially appear.  I’m not saying that we shouldn’t report strange behavior; but, when it comes to individually judging people, let’s get to know their content before assessing their character.

          Think about it!  For the Madison Avenue Church of Christ; this is Charlie Wharton.

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