Is anything too hard for the Lord our God? If we can give of ourselves fully to our neighbor, how much more has God given of Himself fully to us by sacrificing His Son Jesus for the remission of our sins?
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.”
(Leviticus 19:17-18)
Jesus said that no greater love could someone have for another than to lay down one’s life for a friend. As God had done with Christ, so ought we to do for our neighbor. For there is no injury when we love; God makes all things work together for good.
How should we show our love toward our neighbor? We show them love by being patient and kind. We do not envy or boast. We are not arrogant or rude. We do not insist on our own way. We are not irritable or resentful. We do not rejoice in evil.
If we have God’s love living inside us then we will bear all things, believe all things, hope all things and endure all things, for love is ceaseless. In the same way that nothing is too hard for the Lord, we shall love our neighbor.
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May we all love our neighbours as ourselves, and may God’s infinite will be done in our lives!
May it be so! Bless you, Heidi-Marie!
Thanks, Jack! 😊
This is a divine and timeless command that encourages empathy and understanding of human relationships worldwide.
Great reminder and Thank you for sharing.
May God’s grace and mercy be with you!
God hears our prayers but some people pray for the wrong things in my opinion, I ask for guidance and strength to get through what I am going through
That is all we can really ask for from God, that his will may be done in our lives. May God bless you with peace, Joanne!
As someone who was recently Baptized, it really did move me to see how important this sacrifice was. Especially as I felt a lot of guilt around joining a Church that many in my life had left. I knew I didn’t have to be perfect all the time to be ok.
I try to love these friends of mine now. I don’t want to be angry at them for making choices they needed to. I just want them to know I’m not as bad as they might think, and that I can accept them as they are, too.
Always love so that His Spirit may grow in you ever more powerful and move you to do more of his will. God bless!
In my experience, if all that has to do with whether or not God hears our prayers, I am convinced that, hear, God does. But unlike God listening to our prayers, to where He intervenes in our lives in a tangible way, there is a diametric difference between the two things.
God does here the prayers of those who pray for His will to be done on this earth. May God’s grace be with you, Tony!