Harry Langdon used to use anger and coercion to find that edge until he bumped into a sales girl at a health food counter one day. She was wearing a sweatshirt with the phrase, "The truth will make you free," printed on it. Harry was intrigued. He didn't feel free. He felt trapped. He felt that his life wasn't worth anything. He actually felt he was using the people he was photographing. So he got into a conversation with this salesgirl, and the next thing he knew, she was inviting him to her church. And even more amazingly, he was accepting!

And he found Christ there. He found truth there. He found freedom there, just as he was promised. But at first his new-found belief made a disaster for him at his studio. He tried to convert everyone who came in by pointing out the error of their ways. His clients began to back away. His income dwindled. Finally Harry went to his pastor to learn what he was doing wrong.

"I know you mean well," the pastor said, "but people sense judgment in you. The Bible is very clear that we are to love others and leave the judging to God." And Harry Langdon changed again. It took time, but now, he says that he sees people in a new light. He sees them as the people that God made them to be. And that's the picture he focuses on.

Who do you need to show Christ's love to?

Ron Newhouse