One of the Bible verses for today is:
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him. 1 John 4:22 AMP
This seems so basic. Love God. Love other people. In several places, though, this is the exception rather than the rule, and I don’t go to many places. The list of places that I go to are the grocery store, gas station, library, church, and the movie theater. In all of these, I have seen one person treating another one less than respectfully.
I wish that it wasn’t so. Life is difficult enough without people being rude. The old saying, “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar,” has developed a snappy comeback of, “Yeah, but who wants more flies?”
It’s not about honey or flies. It’s about treating others as people who have value and worth. It’s not that people have to love each other in a romantic or passionate fashion. If people would simply not be jerks to one another, it’s enough. To quote that immortal sage, Bill S. Preston, Esquire, “Be excellent to each other.”
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