Quick Glance: For Your Heart Today

Loving our neighbor is not only about caring for those we know well. Jesus teaches that love also reaches toward the stranger—the one who feels unfamiliar, uncomfortable, or different. Like Peter, we carry history, influences, and experiences that shape how we see others. And sometimes, those experiences can lead us to hold others at a distance. But God meets us in those places. He expands our vision. He invites us to see others as He sees them—each one made in His image, each one beloved. And love begins with seeing anew.

3 Takeaways

We all have “the other.”

Our experiences shape how we see people, and sometimes we hold others at a distance without realizing it.

God invites us into a renewed vision.

Like Peter, we can let God interrupt old assumptions and widen our understanding of who belongs at the table.

Love begins with seeing as Jesus sees.

When Jesus re-shapes our vision, love becomes possible even in places once marked by pain, distance, or fear.

Breath Prayer

Inhale: Jesus, renew my sight…

Exhale: …help me see as You see.

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