Derogatory!

I’ve been known by many names.  I’ve been called Dick Doitski, Mishimoo, Dooduh, Idiot, Ugly, and Loser.  I’ve been called many other names, but some of them are R-rated, so I choose not to mention them.  Most of the time I just shrug it off, but sometimes I answer the person that is speaking at me.

However, there is one name that is highly offensive to me and I felt like I was being called that name by someone I regard highly.  While he was describing the behavior of a certain group of people, he identified them, “the pagans run after all these things…”

When He said this, I was cut to the heart.  Even though He was talking to a group of people at a different time and place, I felt like He was singling me out.  After a short outburst that began with, “How dare You…!” I cooled down and thought about what He said and asked myself a couple of questions.  “Am I seeking earthly desires and giving God the rest or am I pursing God first and leaving the results up to Him?”  The second question is, “Do I still look like a pagan?”