- I’m not someone else. So don’t compare me to someone else.
- Don’t hold it against me that I’m not someone else.
- God didn’t want me to be someone else so He made me different.
- I’m not better than you, nor am I worse than you. I’m just me.
- I think I’m better than I use to be but not yet as good as I’m going to be.
- I can be patient with you if you’ll be patient with me.
- I believe you have great potential even though you’re not perfect.
- I expect you to believe in my potential for good even though I’m not perfect.
- I won’t compare and contrast you with someone else if you won’t compare and contrast me with someone else.
- 10.I believe God made you in God’s image and didn’t make junk. I expect you to realize that I’m not junk to God either.
- 11.I’m just another human being, but all human beings are made to be loved. Therefore, we can’t love God and hate each other.
- 12.If we treat people with contempt or as worthless or as if they shouldn’t exist, then we’re likely headed for hell.
- 13.The two most important commandments of God are that we love Him with all our hearts and love our neighbor as ourselves.
- 14.When we think we’re too good for someone else, we’re too good (in our self-deceived mind) for God who told us to love our neighbor, who is ANY human being, as ourselves.
- 15.I’m a different neighbor, but I’m your neighbor, and you’re my neighbor. Guess what God expects us to think about each other?
Terry W. Benton
