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b'It is surprising how we can be so spiritually blind about certain matters. For a long time, there was an area of my life where I was spiritually blind. For years, I acted contrary to the truth of God\\u2019s word. As a teenager, I had bias against one particular tribe in my country. I disliked everything about the people of that tribe, their language and customs. Though their language was widely spoken in the city I was living in, I did not want to speak it. I saw them as a proud people, and I did not want anything to do with them.\\nBut now, at age 61, I see this tribe differently. I now understand God wants me to love all humankind as He loves us, and He calls me to relate to everyone in a godly way. God himself loves all humankind so much that He gave Christ to die for us and raise from the dead\\u2014not only to save us from death (John 3:16) but also to make us one in Christ. He has broken down the dividing wall between people of different nationalities, races, and tribes, even as the Bible says that in Christ Jesus, there is no Jew, no Greek, but we are all made one in Christ Jesus.\\nI now realize that I missed out on some blessings I could have experienced by being in fellowship with people of this tribe. Today, I do interact with them, and some of these people are a great blessing to me.\\nI realize that as a teenager, I acted in ignorance. Now that I know God loves all humankind, from all races, nationalities, and tribes, I choose to look at all people through the eyes of God, to relate to them and treat them as God would have me do. It will help us all if we begin to look at all humankind as God\\u2019s creation and to understand that Christ came to break down the dividing walls. \\u2022 Enid Adah Nyinomujuni\\n\\u2022 Do you sometimes feel like you don\\u2019t want to relate with people of a different race, nationality, or tribe other than yours? When you get such feelings, do you act according to your feelings? \\n\\u2022 Have you ever been mistreated because of your ethnicity? How did you respond? \\n\\u2022 When we realize we\\u2019ve done wrong, God invites us to turn around and come to Him (Psalm 139:23-24; Acts 3:17). If you\\u2019re not sure how, who is a trusted Christian you can talk to? \\nFrom one man he [God] made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth. Acts 17:26a (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.34.18|Ps.72.14|Prov.11.9|1Cor.13.4-1Cor.13.6'