“Love your neighbour as yourself” (James 2:8; NLT).
There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28; NLT).
“How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!” (Job 14:1; NLT).
Lord,
Please help us to love
People who seem different
From ourselves –
Those who look different
From us,
Dress differently
From us,
And speak differently
From us.
Help us to respect
People whose ways
Are not like ours –
Those whose values are different
From our ours,
Whose lives are different
From ours,
And whose faith
Is different from ours;
For, in truth,
There is no us, or them –
Since we all inevitably share
One common, frail humanity.