Monday, December 11, 2017

The Choice To Love

We make our friends and our enemies, but God makes our neighbor. – Anon
The expert lawyer was looking for a loophole as to who his neighbor was. Jesus cleared it up. Hmm!
Choice – what a great gift God gave us. The ability to make our own choices or decisions. We get to choose where to live, what to eat, what to drive, even who gets to be our friend. But the one choice God did not leave to us is who to love. We’re commanded to love everyone, especially our neighbor. And though we’d like to be the people who live to the right and left of us, God says emphatically our neighbor is anyone we can help regardless of location, color, creed or affiliation. So as the day and weekend unfolds remember God might be bringing ‘new neighbors’ our way.
Until tomorrow…..
Pastor Botts
“….and the second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” – Mark 12:31

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