Can you blend?  Fading into the background, so that no one picks you out in a crowd.  Nobody sees your deeds, your failures, your triumphs nor your laughter.  Sorry for ignoring when I should have heard your cry for help.  I heard their name too many times and thought that singling them out was a bad thing.  As if not being known was preferable to those who may be motivated for attention.  We all need attention, affection, understanding and love.  Those who are isolated probably worse than all others combined.  Rare is the human who reaches into their silence, looking to pierce the facade or potentially expose the wound to air, concern and light.

This world is cruel caught up in its sin.  Measuring lives as objects, hearts as fodder to feed the dreams of social adequacy.  We have starved the frail from affection then labeled them misaligned.  We have compressed, priceless human anomalies into blobs, figurines or forced them to escape conformity and be labeled miscreant, misanthrope, ascetic.  These are the children God wants.  These are those crafted to perfection in His image.  These are the ones in greatest need of love, yet we pause.  The enemy labels them worthless so that they will share his dilemma.  Shall we also be fooled and forget to reflect upon their Value to God?

Please seek those who would not be noticed.  This is a protection mechanism forced upon them in youth to escape this brutal world.  Their fears have silenced them in hopes they will fly beneath the radar, yet they remain precariously exposed.  The Bible states, “it is not good for man to be alone”.  How then can we allow them to remain isolated, easy pray for those who would seek their harm?  Next time you are in a crowd, fight your senses which lead you to movement, color and sound.  Look for those who would not be noticed, their you will find your destiny, hidden in plain sight.

Love God as He first loved you.