I was with my grandchildren and we were getting ready to go out when they remarked on how they liked my leather jacket.
“I like both of yours too,” I said, “but, mine is not leather.”
“Neither is mine,” they both responded. We laughed.
Fake leather has its . . .
benefits. It can look nice but it certainly costs less. Fake fur is the same. But fake is not always a good thing. It can create walls.
If you are with someone and they aren’t ‘real,’ you cannot get close. Something is missing. There’s a broken connection instead of a healthy one.
But to be real, trust needs to be built and that comes as we respect each other. Respect does not mean we accept everything the other person does or believes, rather it means seeing people from God’s point of view.
He says all people are valuable because they are made in His image and when we start there, with what God says, it will lead to the good path which can and will begin to take down the walls.
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