As my family was eating dinner tonight, nachos, I had some thoughts about differences. Since Shanon and I got married 9 1/2 years ago one central theme about food has remained the same. Shanon absolutely hates onions. I don't mean dislikes but will put up with, I don't even mean she just merely prefers not to have them. She despises onions. She hates the way they make her hands smell, not only that, but she usually leaves the room when I slice one because she loathes them so much.
The kids and I on the other hand, (Yes I have converted them all), love them on almost everything.
Many years ago, Shanon and I finally agreed to disagree about if onions were good or not. How useless would it be for me to constantly bug her to try them or smell them? How useless would it be for her to try to persuade me that they were bad? We would get nowhere. We simply just know that I like them and she doesn't.
My thoughts then drifted to Church, and how many differences there are between people. Not about food mind you, but about things people are really passionate about. Differences in worship styles, speaking styles, clothing, even different versions of the Bible!
So many differences, so little time.
I embrace differences. I believe that our differences are what make us each unique. Perhaps we can just agree to disagree about issues that we can't see eye to eye on?
Perhaps we can all make a vow to stop useless debate, and embrace the differences we encounter in our lives.
After all, "we are fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139:14)
