Volume XIII Number 33 – January 20, 2022 

Don't Laugh at Me 

Before this weekend it had been a while since I’d heard this Mark Wills song. Its message is powerful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVjbo8dW9c8.  

I'm a little boy with glasses, the one they call the geek,  
A little girl who never smiles 'cause I've got braces on my teeth,  
And I know how it feels to cry myself to sleep.  

I'm that kid on every playground who's always chosen last,  
A single teenage mother tryin' to overcome my past,  
You don't have to be my friend, is it too much to ask?  

Don't laugh at me, don't call me names, don't get your pleasure from my pain.  
In God's eyes we're all the same, someday we'll all have perfect wings.  
Don’t laugh at me.  

I'm the cripple on the corner, you pass me on the street,  
And I wouldn't be out here beggin' if I had enough to eat,  
And don't think I don't notice that our eyes never meet.  

I lost my wife and little boy, someone crossed that yellow line,  
The day we laid 'em in the ground is the day I lost my mind,  
Right now I'm down to holdin' this little cardboard sign.  

Don't laugh at me, don't call me names, don't get your pleasure from my pain.  
In God's eyes we're all the same, someday we'll all have perfect wings.  
Don’t laugh at me.  

I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm short, I'm tall, I'm deaf, I'm blind, hey, aren't we all?  

Don't laugh at me, don't call me names, don't get your pleasure from my pain.  
In God's eyes we're all the same, someday we'll all have perfect wings.  
Don't laugh at me.  

Here’s some of what the Bible says about being kind to others. Three from St. Paul. One from Jesus.  

“Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.” Phil. 2:4  

“Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.” Gal. 6:2  

“Let us do good to all people, especially to those who are of the household of the faith.” Gal. 6:10  

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.” John 13:34  

There are times in life when each of us might want or need to say: “Don’t laugh at me. Just love me.”     

Dr. Gerald B. (Jerry) Kieschnick 
Chief Executive Officer | Legacy Deo | GBJK@LegacyDeo.org | www.legacydeo.org | (512) 646-4909  Our Mission: To inspire giving that impacts life forever. 

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