Honor

I hope everyone had an awesome weekend! We finished off Love Week with a BANG! Our goal was 5,000 volunteer hours to reach our city for Christ and we finished with over double that: 10,551! What an awesome way to show Christ's love to "seek and save those who are lost" in our city! We also started a new curriculum with our Ekidz. I had the privilege to teach my 4th and 5th graders about honor this week (and will continue all month)! 

Romans 12:10 says ^"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves."

Most people think honor should only be given to those in authority over us, but God really calls us to honor each and every person that He has placed in our lives. Whether it be your annoying family member, your child's teacher that calls you when they misbehave, or even your yard boy; God wants us to honor each and every person because they were individually made in the pure and perfect image of God. 

Most of us tend to think that honor and respect are one in the same. We think that because someone doesn't "honor" us, we shouldn't honor them. Here's what everyone is missing:

Respect is about who they are, but honor is all about who you are and who God is in your life.

So as you go about this week try to make it a daily priority to honor those around you, those that have invested in you, and those who might have been overlooked. God will honor you in direct proportion to how you honor others!