which is the better person?

Which is a better person--a heart surgeon, missionary, college student, janitor, etc? Answer: how can you answer this question without knowing the person to which the question is referring?...so cool, there is a man who is a missionary....awesome, but that is only what he does, it is NOT who he is. Too often we judge people or call them "good" or "bad" or "successful" or "failures" based on their occupation when in reality it is not their job that defines who they are....as cliche as it sounds, it is who they are on the inside that defines them...who they are when they are all alone, when no one is watching.

In class on Monday we discussed the "Levels of who a person is". I really feel as though just by discussing the different layers of people, I now have a better understanding of how to read those people around me. Professor Corrigan used an example of the earth...1) you have the outer crust which is a persons physical appearance, what they wear, how they talk, etc. 2) the inner self which is the deep subconscious. It is the person that you are; the thoughts, the ideas, beliefs etc. and 3) the core which is who we are. Whether or not one lives his or her life for Jesus, he is still loved by God...no matter what race, religion, background...all are loved and accepted by Jesus....so the core is universal in the fact that all are loved by the almighty God. Professor Corrigan said a very interesting statement...he said that main objective in peoples lives should be to align one, two and three. I feel as though one cannot align his or herself without the help of God. We as humans are so incapable of doing all of the things that it takes to renew our minds, thoughts and ideas of ourselves, others and the world. It is only by the grace of God that we are able to love purely.