Every Nation

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Nov 24, 2021 · 3m

When I lived in Peru for a few months, some days I felt like I didn’t belong. I was a tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, one-armed American. I stuck out among my Peruvian neighbors. No matter how many people welcomed me into their homes and their city, I knew I was different. This experience has given me new empathy as I consider my own neighbors. We don’t all look the same. We don’t all speak the same. We don’t all wear the same kinds of clothes or enjoy the same traditions or eat the same foods. But these differences in appearance and in culture are not something to be ashamed ofthey are…