Originally posted by Cow Poke
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Police officers, like DIS, rarely see people in their best moments. We usually deal with them in the midst of the consequences of their own stupidity - officers get a lot of that, too. It's easy to pull away and see them as an issue to be dealt with rather than a person, even a dumb one. But it's still wrong - they are still people, regardless.
Remember, we are no different - we have our breaking points, our foibles, our mistakes, our sins and our stupidity. We also have the same Savior - the same Jesus Who died for us died for them. To view them as not persons is to belittle the work of the Cross.
Stupid, irrational, insane, uncooperative, mean, cruel, hating, bigoted, vicious people are the same people we are, when we were apart from Christ. Which doesn't make them easier to deal with - but does make us responsible to be what Christ has made us instead of what we once were.
People is messy. Christ is great.
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