It's been a while since I posted an entry

Adam Cates, a VA Beach Pastor and worshiper said on a Facebook update this afternoon that "If you tend to see a persons problems before you see their potential then you are looking with the wrong set of eyes...Lord, give us eyes to see."  

This statement reminded me of my brother.  In High School my brother was not known as an intellectual giant and neither was I for that matter.  We got decent grades but my brother had what they called back then LD, a learning disability.  He got the help he needed and did very well and he eventually tested out of the program and graduated.  His dream was to become a firefighter/paramedic.

Along the way he had a teacher that saw his "problem" more than his potential. She basically told him that he'd never be able to do that job because of his LD problem. There were too many medicines and procedures to memorize and he'd never be able to do that.  He came home that day devastated. 

Fortunately my family was encouraging and saw potential in my brother.  Plus God gave him a determined heart.  He started volunteering his senior year of high school and then made it to the academy, went to George Washington University for his paramedic training and graduated at the top of his class. He's been serving Fairfax County for many years and has saved many lives in the process. Proud of you, bro.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank God for people that see potential.  I pray that God would help me to be that man of God that can look at another and encourage them in the gifts that He has given them.  Thanks, Adam for the reminder that we need to see others as the Lord sees them.  

-Andy