Don't Shoot the Wounded

DON'T SHOOT THE WOUNDED
(by Chuck Girard)

Don't shoot the wounded, they need us more than ever.
They need our love no matter what it is they've done.
Sometimes we just condemn them, and don't take time to hear their story.
Don't shoot the wounded, someday you might be one.

It's easy to love the people who are standing hard and fast.
Pressing on to meet that higher calling.
But the ones who might be struggling, we tend to judge too harshly,

and refuse to try and catch them when they're falling.

We put people into boxes and we draw our hard conclusions,

and when they do the things we know they should not do,
we sometimes write them off as hopeless, and we throw them to the dogs.
Our compassion and forgiveness sometimes seem in short supply,

so I say...Don't shoot the wounded!

We can love them and forgive them when their sin does not exceed our own.

For we too have been down bumpy roads before

but when they commit offenses outside the boundaries we have set,

we judge them in a word and we turn them out, and we close the door.

Myself I've been forgiven for so many awful things.

I've been cleansed and washed and bathed so many times

that when I see a brother who has fallen from the way

I just can't find the license to convict him of his crimes.

So I say... Don't shoot the wounded!

That doesn't mean we turn our heads when we see a brother sin

and pretend that what he's doing is all right.
But we must help him see his error, we must lead him to repent.

Cry with those who cry, but bring their deeds into the light.

For it's the sick that need the doctor,

and it's the lame that need the crutch.

It's the prodigal who needs the loving hand.

For a man who's in despair,

there should be kindness from his friends.

'Lest he should forsake the fear of Almighty God

and turn away from God and man,

So I say...Don't shoot the wounded!

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In His Service,
Chuck Girard
chuch@chuck.org

Picture: Charles Marega. The Wounded Soldier, 1919.

Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders' Fund

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill.
In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this."
He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.

Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

"Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.

No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless.

But, no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE
ARE and WHOSE WE ARE.

You are special - Don't EVER forget it.

ONEPowerfulMovement

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