Respect

My Daddy always said that respect must be earned. He said you could try to demand respect but that would never work out. That type was just not real. Even with his words ringing in my ears, sometimes I want to impose the idea of respecting me on others by thinking that they should call me by some self-designated title. They should prove they respect me by honoring me with a great title when they speak to me. After all, don’t they know who I am? These are the times when the Holy Spirit leads me to read passages such as Matthew 23:8-10 when Jesus rebukes the “super religious” and says that only Christ is worthy of those titles. Today I am striving to earn respect instead of demanding it. Why not join me? As for the titles, who needs them? Blessings