Respect

I can't believe I didn't see it before. The part of the word "spect" clearly has to do with the root word of vision or looking.

Yes, respect means look again. It comes from latin. "Re-" back and "specere" look at.

That gives a whole new meaning to the word, doesn't it. People say they want respect. I guess they mean they want to be looked at as worth something and estimable. They want to be looked at again and again so that they feel valuable.

To me, there is no point in looking again until you look deeper. Why look at something another time if you're not going to see more than you did the first time you saw it?

To me, respect means "see with the eyes of Christ." Look again at a situation, person, fear, circumstance, until you see it with Yahweh's eyes.

Respect your fears and you will see they are not worth fearing.
Respect your elders and you will learn something from them each time.
Respect your situations and circumstances and you will see why you're really in them.
Respect your fellow man and you will see the Promise of Yahweh that they embody.
Respect yourself and you will learn who you really are and how valuable you have been created to be.
Respect your God and He will teach you all things, give you all things... even Himself.