Matthew 22:37-40 "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments.' "
First, we love God - and we are
learning to love God with ALL our hearts, souls and minds - this doesn't happen
overnight. There are generally, places that we hold onto that keep us from
loving God with ALL of our being. Thank the Lord, that He loves us with all of
Himself!
Jesus has given us examples
with His Disciples and the relationship He had with them.
But to be a friend to others,
we have to be a friend to ourselves. If I'm going to love my neighbor, I need
to love myself or I won't have anything to give others. I would feel unworthy
of the love of God and my love supply would be empty.
Maybe we don't like the things
we've done or not done. We ask forgiveness and God forgives us. We receive the
forgiveness and we forgive ourselves. Then we can go on.
Maybe what we should do is take
a good look in the mirror and tell ourselves what we think of ourselves and then
while still standing there, let God tell us what He thinks.
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