Respect
16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. 2 Peter 2:16-17
I had a couple of occasions this week where I saw situations where people were not giving respect and respect was not given to a group of people. This can be one of the most challenging aspects of living a life, because we are always judging others based on how we think people should live. In today's society, people hide behind their social media accounts and disrespect others regularly. It is easy to say something about someone or judge someone behind a keyboard and screen, but it is harder to do something like that in person. We cannot hide behind a veil of what we think is protection and be disrespectful to others. If we have an issue with others we need to come out from behind the drapes and pixels of the computer screen and respectfully confront the individuals you may have an issue with, and create a dialogue. This is where we have gone down a path of disrespect, we cannot have a simple conversation with people of a differing belief system because we have already pre-judged that individual. Learn to respect others and know that God is in charge and we are not.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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