Throughout our lives we develop preferences. We like to eat certain things, live in a particular area, gather a group of friends that we prefer to spend time with, and watch specific shows. A problem with our preferences is that they become strong enough to exclude nonpreferential things. A worse affect of preferences is their application to people. We can easily prefer certain types of people to the exclusion of others, which may lead to bias against our nonpreferential people.
Ephesians 2:14 says, “For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility.” God, in His grace, makes all of His children into one body, one family. He removes the things that divide us and gives us peace. See to it that you have this same attitude, promoting peace and love rather than differences and bias. God makes no room for bigotry or prejudice. Neither should we.
Reluctant Retiree 