Loving our Neighbours
Matt 22:39
"And the second is like it: 'Love your
neighbour as yourself.'"
"It is really so hard for me to love the people around me. At times, I feel very burdened and obliged as a Christian to "show love" to people I dislike. It's as if the Devil is constantly shooting arrows back at me for my actions against my neighbors, the people around me. The problem is that I'm only able to love people in my circle of friends; Which means, they must fill certain criteria before I bill them as 'friend'." Have you been in this kind of situation?
The above thoughts have happened to me before, and it is so true. We, naturally as humans, find it hard to
LOVE our neighbors. We can only Love them when they are our friends. However, today, can we get rid of this kind of mentality? The world out there is all about first impressions. Imagine if we do not express Love through our actions to the world, we have lost the battle. Can we, no matter who it is, as instruments of peace and love, express it to the world? The world has no
LOVE. They only find love in materialistic things that are temporal. Lets be the sources of love; and be everlasting and constant.
Lets start today by doing simple but strong actions filled with
LOVE.
Romans 15:2
"Each of us should please his
neighbour for his good, to build him up."
We can't Force people into the Kingdom of God but we can lead people in by touching them with actions of love and concern. Lets sow the seeds for the future, but make sure we exhibit
LOVE to everyone around us without prejudice, for everyone is God's Child, just that they have been blinded by the things of this world. There is certainly a reason for where God has placed you. Most likely he wants to use you to touch his children who are unaware but around you. Today,
LOVE your
NEIGHBOUR.
Bless you!
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