You don't know him; you only know what I've told you so how can you judge his character?

You don't know our history, so who are you to say he doesn't belong in my ever after?

To know him is to expect every new day to be different from the last.

To know him is to expect a good laugh before the stormy weather has passed.

To know him like I know means appreciating who he is to me.

To know him is to respect him, even when you can't see what I see.

For me to know him is to never second guess his truth.

To know him is to trust him, when I receive nothing but doubt from all of you.

To know him is to know that I've become attached to him, and if you try to take him away a part of me will leave.

To know him is to appreciate the person that God is molding him into.

If you really stop and think he's broken and stained just like me and you.

How can you judge him without giving him a chance?

Who are you to mark him guilty before he has a chance to stand?

To know him is to know that he's one of my strongest friends.

For me to know him is to know I got a friend through thick and thin.

Who are you to tell me how or what to feel about him when you have him pre-judged before I finish a thought?

How can you know him, when you shut him up before he has a chance to talk?

Judge him all you want to, but to know him is to love him and that's what I choose to do.

He may be broken, confused, and a bit mean sometimes, but guess what...he's going to be my friend with or without you.

November 5, 2009