Jesus loves the little children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in His sight
Jesus loves the little children of the WORLD!
This song is talking about how God loves and accepts all of the cultures throughout the world. It does not matter what they look like, or what they eat, or what language they speak, He loves them all equally because they are ALL children of God.
As followers of Christ we need to do the same. When we are confronted with other cultures, we as Christians need to love them just the same as we love the people within our own cultures. That may mean eating what they eat, learning their language, abiding by their customs so as not to be rude or seem disrespectful. The most important thing that we can do is to remember that God made man in His own image, therefore all people of all cultures are the image of God and the last thing in the world that we would want to do is disrespect God because we love Him so much. Therefore, when confronted with other cultures we must love them as brothers and sisters in Christ and do all we can to respect them and the aspects of their own culture. Hopefully this will open the door for them to do the same for yourself and your own culture.
Hey Becca!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your post! It's easy to be ignorant when it comes to the point of interacting with different cultures. However, instead of doing so, we have to be respectful and love them just the way we love our culture. I love how you pointed out the fact that we are all made in God's image and how disrepecting other cultures is like disrepecting God...a really good point! Great post (:
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It is however, important to realize that when a culture conflicts with our faith, we should like Richardson, pray and allow God to find a way for us to maintain our values, principles and Godly perspective by allowing God to work through and in us.
ReplyDeleteDear Becca Roberts,
ReplyDeleteYour post is very similar to what I said when I answered this question. We have similar ideas that we need to accept other cultures for what they are like Jesus accepted us. We were all created, whether black or white, big or small, in God's eyes and He loves us all the same. I love the song you put in your post because it speaks the truth. Well done!