He looks at the heart...

Trying to get back into something I should have finished months ago and struggling to feel motivated.  In trying to kick start that motivation I just finished listening to a talk a friend bought me from her time at Regent College in Canada.

One of the verses referenced is 1 Samuel 16:7:

'But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.  Man looks at outward appearances, but the Lord looks at the heart."'

How quickly we do perceive and judge people not just on their outward appearance but also by their actions....But often it's not until we can understand their hearts and minds that we may realise we have made a totally wrong call initially.

What wonder to think that God knows our hearts and yet we need to work so hard at knowing others hearts and look beyond what we see on the surface.