Matthew 5:46-47
46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
Middle School and High School are social nightmares for many kids. In middle school, it is trying to find out who you are and in high school, it is finding “your people”. However, it is not the only place where you will find the “mean girls” and the cliques. Don’t kid yourself for one moment that we all grow out of it.
Look around at any gathering of people and you will still find they divide themselves up into sections. They talk together, sit together, eat together, and don’t often stretch themselves out into other pods. Now, hopefully, you don’t run into the “mean girls” very often, but they most certainly do exist.
Yes, we can even do this in churches or as Christians in general. We hang with “our kind”. Fellowship is a wonderful thing and a very necessary part of life. However, we need to make sure that fellowship is not an inclusive relationship. How are we supposed to reach others and spread the love of Christ if we are always loving on and talking to the same human beings day after day (or Sunday after Sunday!)
I challenge you today to introduce yourself to someone new. You may become friends or you may just bring a smile to a passing face. Either way, you have shown love to someone else. Spread God out today. You never know, you might even reach the heart of a “mean girl”!
Lord, send me someone to show love and friendship to today! ~amen
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