july 3

The main idea of this information is to encourage people to be understanding and supportive of their friends who have different interests and beliefs. It suggests that if someone's friends reject religious principles, they should try to understand their preferences and help them find what they are seeking. The information also emphasizes the importance of distancing oneself from sinful behavior. It concludes by stating that by making oneself one with their neighbors, they will eventually become interested in and appreciate the Christian behavior of the person. Be amenable towards its neighbor. Do you have friends who love to travel, to read, or to study and have rejected every religious principle? Try to understand their preferences and needs, and if you can, help them to find what they are seeking. Make yourself one with everybody in everything as much as you can, except in sin. If what they do is sinful, distance yourself. You will see that making yourself one with your neighbors is not a waste of time. It is all time gained. One day, and it won't be long in coming, they will want to know what is of interest to you, and then, gratefully, they will discover, adore, and love that God who has been the impetus for your Christian behavior. By Cary Lubick, from The Word of Life, of May 1985.