Since I have used this Bible passage as an example of how the Lord God has positively influenced my overeating, this doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the verse. Debbie

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Treating All People Regardless of Their Faith With Love and Respect

Isaiah 45: 5-6.I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside Me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me: that they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none beside Me.  I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Upon talking with a good friend, we had a discussion about God. Although I don't know her faith, she shared that she was raised that all beliefs in God are one in the same. Although our faith perspective wasn't the same, we were able to discuss these differences of faith with love and respect and tolerance of one another. 

Having read the Bible multiple times, I try to live by the verse above as well as the following verse: Mark 12: 29 And Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 

There was a time that I would have over eaten because I was worried that I might have offended my friend. After prayerful consideration, I decided to write a post about how Jesus wants us to have love with respect and tolerance of one another even if others have different faiths than we do.

  It's difficult for me to hear so much hate against people of other religions and cultures. I'm of the mindset that those who have hate in their hearts are often those who speak the loudest. Often those who are supportive of others regardless of their ethnicity, faith, life style choices, skin color, sexual preference, or socioeconomic status are more reserved and the vast majority don't hear this in the media. They rarely see compassion and tolerance in the news. The vast majority of what we hear is hate and negativity. Is that the legacy we want for our children and grandchildren? Do we only want them hearing about hating those who are different than ourselves? If we profess to be Christian, are we loving our neighbors as ourselves? 

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