The two most important details of the Christian life could be a complete and total love for God and for our neighbor. Jesus shares these ideas so forceful that we must take notice of it.
But sadly, it seems to be a lack of love that causes so many problems in our world. We just don’t understand what true love is and we don’t practice it in our daily living. We understand about loving those who love us. We look at what we do for our families and close friends and we think we are so full of love. But then Jesus says that if we only love those who love us, how is that truly giving anything away? Jesus wants us to be like Him. We are to give away our love, expecting nothing in return, loving those who will not love us back, loving strangers and dare we say it…even our enemies. And believe or not, when you do this it will make you a better person all the way around. When you truly love all people with a genuine love, your life will turn around and so will the lives of those around you. So today, let me encourage you to genuinely love one another. It will take practice, it will take patience and it will take persistence, but it will make a huge difference in your life and in the life of others. God bless...
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I am a UMC pastor, appointed to serve as a chaplain for two senior adult living communities. My wife is a general music teacher and middle school band director, and we have two sons – 18 and 14. Archives
March 2020
Reflections From The Run
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