I find many in today’s shallow and unprincipled culture believe unconditional love automatically carries with it unequivocal respect. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The former is free, the latter earned. The first is a gift, the second is merited.
People who possess real character are so constituted that they refuse to give (or accept) respect on a wholesale basis. Never mistake a person accepting who you are, for thinking they approve of the way you are.
We are told in the scriptures “…the Lord had respect unto Abel…But unto Cain…he had not respect.” From this we find that if one is to gain God’s respect, a body must be presented Him as a living sacrifice (Ro.12:1-2).
A father may love all his children alike, but that doesn’t mean he respects them all the same.~ rds
by an Aged Saint
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