My step-mother makes the best baked beans! They are thick and sweet and full of flavor. Her baked beans were expected at every family holiday, and there was rarely any left over. One thing that always intrigued me was this: she didn’t like baked beans! (Not even her own recipe). She made them for others – because they liked them.
When I visited Abilene Christian University for the 1st time, I remember Dr. Howard Norton teaching a class. He made the comment that at his age, he wasn’t very fond of singing the song “Jesus Loves the Little Children” anymore. But when he looked around at the smiling faces of young children whenever it was sung, he didn’t mind singing it.
Whether referring to something as simple as food, or something as spiritual as worship, the Lord believes that EVERY person is VALUABLE (no matter how different we are).
To treat others the way Jesus wants us to will sometimes stretch all of us out of our comfort level. But remember, for others to treat us that way will sometimes be stretching them too!
The entire law summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5:14
When I visited Abilene Christian University for the 1st time, I remember Dr. Howard Norton teaching a class. He made the comment that at his age, he wasn’t very fond of singing the song “Jesus Loves the Little Children” anymore. But when he looked around at the smiling faces of young children whenever it was sung, he didn’t mind singing it.
Whether referring to something as simple as food, or something as spiritual as worship, the Lord believes that EVERY person is VALUABLE (no matter how different we are).
To treat others the way Jesus wants us to will sometimes stretch all of us out of our comfort level. But remember, for others to treat us that way will sometimes be stretching them too!
The entire law summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5:14
