Do to others as you would like them to do to you. – Luke 6:31 (NLT)
It can be easy to feel like others don’t understand you. Maybe you feel like your friends just don’t understand what you’re going through. Perhaps you feel like everyone at your school just doesn’t get you.
There are going to be times in your life where you feel like you’re misunderstood.
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The key in the middle of all of those feelings is to make sure that you’re still treating others well. It can be easy if people don’t treat you right to want to retaliate or to hurt others. However, today’s Bible verse challenges us to treat others how you’d want to be treated.
If you’d like to be treated nice, then treat others nice. If you feel left out, look for someone to include.
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Today’s Key – Be Friendly & Treat Others Well
Being nice goes a long way toward having good relationships with others. Treating others well helps others want to be around you.
If you feel like you don’t have any friends, ask yourself this: Am I doing anything to push others away?
It can be easy if you’ve been hurt to not be nice or hog all the attention. However, these things may push away other potential friends. So if you’ve noticed that people don’t want to hang out with you, take an honest look at how you treat others.
Look for opportunities to help and befriend others. You’ll be glad you did.
If you’d like to follow along with this week’s devotions on friendship, you can download a PDF copy here.
This week’s devotions:
- Day 1 – Choose Friends That Choose You
Instead of pursuing popularity, pursue relationships with people who care about you. - Day 2 – Avoid Friends That Make You Compromise
Your friends make a huge impact on your life. If you want to really live for God and accomplish big things, you will have to avoid friends that make you compromise. - Day 3 – Be Friendly & Treat Others Well
Being nice goes a long way toward having good relationships with others. Treating others well helps others want to be around you. - Day 4 – Have Friends That Motivate You To Do Better
Finding good friends with good habits can be very helpful. Friends that are successful in an area you’d like to grow in can really push you on to success in that area too.
