I’m in a men’s group with my church Monday nights. It’s some of the greatest most inspiring guys I’ve known. Everyone of them is a Christian and not one of them is perfect. Everyone of them is going through the trials of life but each of them would lay theirs down to help you bear yours if it got to be too much. We talk about the Bible, we talk about tv, and we talk about life. My week doesn’t feel ok if I’m not sitting there on Monday night.
This week one of our questions was “Which steps could we take to race to do the will of our God in heaven?” We talked about it and we came up with some things all of which centered around God’s love for us and his refusal to give up on us. We are called to do that for everyone on earth, everyone we meet no matter their race, creed, color, religion, sexual orientation, or any other difference between the two of you.
When we talk about the study plan we often have different ideas. We often have different answers or different feelings on the subject, but we never talk down to or make the other feel like they are less. I asked myself why, because we are a very diverse group of guys different colors, different economic status, different growing up and even different generations. The one thing that pulls us all together is love.
As we sit in a nation divided by color, politics, beliefs can’t we all agree that love should be our first response? Can’t you love someone on the other side of the political aisle from you? Can’t you love someone who doesn’t look, act, or love the same way you do? After all God Loves us. We are made in his image but we do not measure up. We are his perfect creation but are by far not perfect. “For God so loved the world…..” not just me, not just you, but the entire world.
So I ask, which steps are you going to take? Where do you go from here? I know I’m going to love people.
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