you know, i've spent the last week or so praying for more love in my life. I want to be able to love better, love my wife better, love God better, love my neighbors better...i think i fall way short in the type of love i should have...
...but as i was walking home from lunch today, it hit me that i had been praying to have love, to possess it, to be able to 'call upon the love i have' whenever i need it. i had been treating love as a noun. the only time I can recall love being treated as a noun is in 1 John when he writes that God is love. all other times love is referred to in the scriptures, it is in verb format...we are called to love God and love neighbor...and that something that is an action, something that happens, love is something we do...
...and maybe, just maybe, the more we begin to show love, the more love becomes a part of who we are...
...show me how to love...
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I was recently doing research for a class and looked up "love" and "neighbor" at biblegateway.com. I was amazed to see how many times the Bible says to love your neighbor.
The first is Leviticus 19:18, "love your neighbor as yourself".
The same basic words show up in
- Matthew 5:43
- Matthew 19:19
- Matthew 22:39
- Mark 12:31
- Mark 12:33
- Luke 10:27
- Romans 13:8
- Romans 13:9
- Galatians 5:14
You get the idea that God feels pretty strongly about this.
solid stuff mucky muck!!! it's gonna be great to read your thoughts more often. hope all is well in the northwest bro!!
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