What You See Is What You Get

From Faith Network, May/June 2011 edition. Article written by Richard Allen from Kentucky entitled "What You See Is What You Get"

"... when it comes to right and wrong and how we treat others our behavior should be consistent. If you are polite with others in public and not so polite at home then there is a problem. None of us are perfect; we all at times fail to live up to God's standard. But that should not be our narmal mode of behaviour ... one of the beauties of Christian living is a set of simple core values which work no matter how confusing things may get at times. If we are dedicated to those values, then what people see when they look at us will be exactly what they get. That's the way God likes it, and that's the way we should like it too."

I once heard a person say that the best way to get along with everyone is to treat friends as if they were family and to treat family as if they were friends. I have found this to be very true. At times when I did not follow this advice, I found that I put relationships in jeopardy.