“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38)
Everyone’s heard the saying, “treat others the way
you want to be treated” ever since we were little children. Yet, we find ourselves faced with frustration
when people react in a negative manner or respond so rudely that it leaves us
speechless or biting our tongue so we don’t respond the same way. Sometimes, that frustration gets the better
of us and we may react the same way despite our attempts to remain respectful,
and then the cycle continues until someone humbly steps down. Be that person to step down; be the bigger
person; be the person God made you to be.
By treating others with respect, we will gain their
respect. When we treat others the way we
wish to be treated, they will treat us with respect in return. When we treat our spouse with love and
respect, our children see that and they will grow up to treat their spouse with
love and respect. When our children see
how we treat our ailing parents with love, kindness, and tenderness, even when our
parents may be unaware and not in control of their actions, our children will
look to us with respect. They will
remember how we interacted with our parents when they are faced with caring for
theirs.
The same goes true when we don’t treat each other
with respect. Those children, who were
mistreated, may grow up mistreating others.
If you are one of those children, don’t look at that as your excuse when
you fail. Break the chain and be the
bigger person. Set the example you would
have wanted set for you! Change comes
from within and only we can change, and by changing ourselves we will be
changing so much more through the chain of respect and giving to others! By doing so, we will be rewarded. We will reap an abundance of favor from God.
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