I am back to hearing and seeing that respect is earned, not given. If everyone has this attitude, then how does anyone earn respect? The answer is you cannot unless someone makes the first move and lets face it, in today’s world no one makes a first move because that is a sign of weakness. What a bunch of crap this is.
A better idea is to give respect to everyone until they do something to lose that respect. I know, that may sound like a weird concept, but this crap of respect is earned is what has partially gotten us into the mess we are in.
People need to respect the police. Police need to respect people. The government needs to respect the people. People need to respect each other. Most of all, people need to respect God since He is our Lord and they need to respect Jesus because He is our Lord and Savior
Christ came to earth to serve and he gave respect to everyone except the Pharisees and Sadducees. It is not that Christ did not want to give them respect, but rather they lost His respect because of how they treated God, God’s law, and God’s people.
Where are you at in your life with respecting others? If you are one of these people that thinks respect is earned, I will pray for you. If you think you are the only one who feels this way, you are not. There are times where I do not give people respect even though they deserve it.