Greet each other in Christian love.
1 Peter 5:14 (NLT)
Have you walked past someone on the street or in a store and just went on by as if no one was there? This scripture points out we should greet everyone with love. My Dad thought this was just plain good manners; he would never walk past a person without saying ‘Hello’ or ‘How are you?’ You never know when a simple smile and friendly greeting from you will be the encouragement a troubled person needs at that moment.
I feel we should train our children to greet others with love. Now to a stranger that can be just a ‘hello’ accompanied with a smile. But to friends – children and adults – it could also be a handshake or a hug. However, we have to set the example.
Make an effort to speak to those you come in contact with. In so doing you teach your children that each person is important to God and shouldn’t be ignored by us.
“realize that all human beings are really members of the same family and that being members of the same family they owe each other some measure of warmth and solace.” (Scrooge’s nephew in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol
Here’s a song adapted from “Hello” on the album Especially for Children…of all ages
