The friends Holly and Daryl have made -literally around the world- are important to them. As their friendships developed, they learned more about themselves and about different cultures, even throughout the United States. They continue to be in contact with many friends from other countries and states because they continue to enrich them and help them to be better people.
The Densfords have learned from the Bible that we are to care for our friends and neighbors, loving them as we love ourselves. Living this principle as communities will help us to have better relationships among those we agree with as well as those we don’t. In fact, the Bible goes on to teach that we should not only love our friends but also our enemies. This opens the door to care for everyone, whether friends or not and is the recipe for vibrant and caring communities.
Applying this philosophy to the government, legislatures should not pass laws that only benefit their “friends” but all of their constituents, whether members of their own party, or not. Legislators should be more concerned about the welfare of all of their citizens before partisan politics interfere with the passage of bills that could benefit all of those whom they have been elected to represent.
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