My kids laugh at me often because I sometimes imagine the machines around us rising up against us and taking over the world. And no, I will not watch Transformers movies. I think it goes back to 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which the computer, Hal, takes over the space station. As much as people can betray other people, my greatest fear is for machinery to do it. I think because even if the machines can think (Hal), they cannot feel. It is our ability to empathize with others that I think keeps us from treating them meanly. It's that old concept of walking a mile in another's shoes. If you can do that you cannot treat them with disrespect.
Loving God, there are so many around us who are in need of our love and care. We pray that you will always help us to feel what the other feels, and to respond as we would want others to respond to us. Let us treat others with respect, and to always see the face of Christ in the faces of those around us. Help us to remember that all persons, no matter where they live, no matter their beliefs, are still your children, and as such are members of our family. Give us grace to love them as we would want to be loved...