I tell you this is brilliant. Try it and it will change your life, it works. Seek the image of God in every person you know. Can’t find it, know its there and you just have not opened the right door…yet. The keys are kindness, generosity, and grace.
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“In November 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sermon at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. In describing the Biblical importance of loving one's enemies, he said this:
When you come to the point that you look in the face of every man and see deep down within him what religion calls "the image of God," you begin to love him in spite of. No matter what he does, you see God's image there. There is an element of goodness that he can never slough off. Discover the element of good in your enemy. And as you seek to hate him, find the center of goodness and place your attention there and you will take a new attitude.”
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The Bible teaches us that the greatest commandments are to first love God then our neighbor. We are also told that we are made in the image of God. So when that crazy-leftist-self-righteous person accuses you of human atrocities for supporting the US Constitution and you can barely understand them because they are emotionally spurting out nonsense with some weird mouth piecing impeding their speech; well then start the search using the 3 keys. Trust me, it’s there in everybody.
Strategy idea: ask questions not to win arguments but to understand another person whom you struggle to find the Image of God. Sounds funny but our brains have a process that files information under “Us and Them” categories. The more someone becomes familiar the less difficult it should be to find the Image of God. If you find that nothing uncovers this beloved Image well then maybe you are not looking in the right place and a search of your own heart is in order. What does your image of God look like and can people easily find it? Use Yeshua (Jesus) as a template and you will please the Father.
SheapSheerer
