Morning Devotions

Judging a Book by its Cover

Margie Hord de Mendez
1 min readJul 4, 2022
Photo by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash

The other day I was traveling on our city’s Metrobus. As I reached for the pole to keep my balance, I noticed the arms of a young man seated in front of me, covered with tattoos. Some designs were red and black roses, but one was a large, scary skull. At times such a sight puts me on guard, as such body decoration can be a sign of gang membership, or be found on kids looking for a…

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Margie Hord de Mendez

Canadian-Mexican linguist and translator, Margie loves to write about cross-cultural living, faith, family, aging gracefully… and more!