Following the Golden Rule

By Glenna Gillilan

This post originally was published on the My Spiritual Journey blog. Glenna is a friend of the Missional Wisdom Foundation who lives and writes in Dallas, Texas.

“In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you.” ~ Matthew 7:12, New Revised Standard Version

On a couple of different occasions recently I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on this verse. Simply put, I believe that following the Golden Rule means nothing more or less than putting yourself in another person’s shoes; extending the same grace to them as you hope they would extend to you.

Sometimes that’s not easy to do, putting myself in another’s place, trying to imagine how I would feel if I were in their position,especially if it’s someone I passionately disagree with. I’m not very good at it. But it does help to try, and hopefully I’ll get better at it. All I can do is work on it, and I am.

I’m very thankful for all the people in my life who have loved and supported me over the past few years, and I’m glad that I’ve been able to love and support them in return.