Neighbors

This is one of the commandments I don't feel we spend enough time following...it's just too easy to ridicule others, to judge them, to turn our backs. All those things God hates...

So what exactly does He mean when He says "Love your neighbor as yourself"? Think of those you do love...family and friends who mean the absolute most to you. Now think of all the wonderful things you wish for them...think of what you would give them if it were in your power. Now, think of the person you like the least...those who are hateful to you, or ignore you completely...we are called to want to give them as much as we would those we love.

Matthew 22:37-40 tells us: 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

The best part of this commandment is the learning...He gives us all the tools we need if we but submit to His desire...When we love God with all our heart soul, mind and strength, we will eventually grow to recognize that every single person is part of His creation. As we learn to live the "greatest" commandment, we will find that all the others fall into place for after all..."All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments".