Gary ThomasWe learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God...
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We learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God. This quote is something that many people will agree with. We may think that if someone is bad, they don't deserve our attention or love, yet this line of thinking doesn't make sense. If we are perfect, then we shouldn't even be living, yet here we are. We are here to learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God.
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