Jesus
taught that “the second part of the greatest command to love God with all your
heart, soul and mind was to love your neighbor as yourself.” A neighbor could
be anyone who is difficult to love. Who would that be in your life? Remember, what
Jesus commands, he makes possible.
In George Bernard Shaw's play, The Ideal Husband, one character proclaims,
"To love yourself is the beginning of a life-long romance with
yourself." Is this what Jesus’ intended in his command to "love your
neighbor as yourself? Not if loving yourself means extreme self-indulgence and self-centeredness.
Jesus intends
for you to value and care for yourself as God's property. Some people refuse to
take this command seriously until there's a crisis or it’s too late to do so. Jesus
also said, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" for "I
solemnly say to you, every time you do a good deed to one of these most
insignificant people, you do it as a good deed for me." Something to think
about and follow through on.
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