I grew up before cell phones and social media. So my world felt smaller and I was more sheltered. I realize that for many years my view of others was limited by what I and my nuclear family were like. I thought that either everyone was like us and thought the way we thought….or else maybe they should. I know now, or perhaps am beginning to realize, how limited I was in my thinking. I believe there are absolute truths. It is just that they do not extend out to the point of all my preferences and opinions!
One absolute truth taught by the word of God is that every person is created in His image. What I did not fathom is how vast and wide God is. He has people who love Him who are vastly different from me. They have different pasts, different cultures, different ways of approaching problems, different gifts, different weaknesses, different looks, different tastes….and the list goes on. Diversity can be so beautiful.
The world has opened up for me in so many ways compared to when I was young. I have learned that the few boundaries that God did set down for all men and women not to cross are actually for our protection….not to limit us. I am truly awed and amazed at the variety to be found in people and country and nature itself. It all points to the glory of a magnificent creator. How sad is the blindness of many who have been brainwashed into believing evolution. Apes and monkeys are magnificent in their own right, but they are not our ancestors. Our heritage is so much more glorious. There is such potential in each and every one of us!
