this is the word i'm currently thinking about. families, friends, spouses, colleagues...you name it.
relationships are a huge part of our lives.
Jesus was big on relationships. the whole foundation of christianity is based on it. specifically, our relationship with Him. then, our relationships with others. if loving God above all else is a goal i'm striving towards, loving others should be equal to that. because, when you love others, essentially you are more like God than any other time. more than when you tithe, sing praise or read the Bible. these three are important, to be sure. but, if the greatest of all things is love (1 Cor. 13:13), we should take a closer look at what loving others looks like.
i started writing this post about three weeks ago. just rereading it makes me remember just how hard loving others can seem at times. especially, when they do things that might make them, by our terms, unloveable.
but, Jesus called us to love everyone.
he called us to love our enemies, those who persecute us (Mat. 5:44).
that's hard. but, didn't He loves us when we were His enemy? when we persecuted Him? if it wasn't for that love, we might still be in that same condition.
but, here we are.
and, there they are...the ones who persecute us...our enemies. the hate. the division. the gossip.
let's love.
Ephesians 2:14
Christ himself is our peace. He has made Jews and Gentiles into one group of people.
He has destroyed the hatred that was like a wall between us.
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