Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Thought for the Day: I offer these words as a way of reflecting on yesterday’s sermon. In the message, I spoke about our need to respect one another as an important part of learning to love one another. This is a challenge, especially when the person we are trying to respect shows no respect to us. What happens when the one we are attempting to respect mistreats us or brings physical violence against us? This is a tough call, but at the end of the day, I believe we can continue to show respect for a person and for ourselves when we choose to remove ourselves from an unhealthy or even violent relationship. The gift of love we can give in that moment is to demonstrate love of self, and we hope that the respect and love of self provides a transformative witness to the person who was disrespectful of us. I’m not suggesting the first moment it becomes a bit of a challenge to show respect that we remove ourselves from the relationship. That happens too often, but we are each a temple of the Holy Spirit, and there are times we can proclaim respect and love by saying to someone, “I am a temple of the Holy Spirit, and I deserve your respect.”
Prayer: Continue to provide me opportunities to show respect to my sisters and brothers, O Lord of Love, but let me also show respect for myself when there is no respect given to me. Amen.
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