Concerned for his safety, I headed over there. I was almost there when the grandma came out to intercept him and thanked me. Serving from the heart is kindness in action. Kindness is one of the attributes of love listed in 1 Corinthians The funny thing about kindness, though, is you can do acts of kindness without kindness residing in your heart.
Jesus said he came to serve Matthew God, who is love, came to serve. Love serves. If they need a ride somewhere, you drive them. Examples in a public setting are to let people in front of you in line at the store or in traffic. The childhood rhyme about stick and stones versus words is not true.
Words build up or tear down. God created the world using words. To love your neighbor as yourself is to use words to build them up. We can be more intentional with our words by looking for and magnifying the good. Examples of this are giving someone a compliment and telling someone you appreciate them.
We live in a day and age when offense is as common as breathing. Criticism is running rampant. Love is not easily offended or critical. Everyone does dumb things; no one is always right or knows everything. I remember sitting through a green light. I got stuck in grieving daze because a family member died.
I remember that when I encounter people driving too slow, sitting at lights, or even cutting me off. Maybe they have a reason. Giving people the benefit of the doubt is loving your neighbor. She was behind me so got stuck at the red light with me. I prayed for her. Celebrating can be difficult for us at times, especially if our neighbor is getting something we have longed for.
For example, a new job, a raise, or a pregnancy. Celebrating with them in spite of our own pain is a strong show of love. Loving your neighbor as yourself is showing up and being there with your heart open, allowing them to be what they are and support them.
Forgiveness is a big deal to God. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" It's interesting that to love one's neighbor is not the first but the second commandment. Yet, as Jesus said, it's like the first. Many have found that trying to love one's neighbor — those next door or at the next desk — is not always the easiest thing to do.
Keeping the two commandments in their proper order, however, can assure the fulfillment of both, for a heart filled with love for God naturally overflows. Maintaining and increasing our love for God demands an ever-enlarging understanding of our divine Creator. Mary Baker Eddy , who founded Christian Science, wrote a platform — a statement of teachings — to explain her religious views.
Understanding God to be Life indicates that we have much in common with others. There isn't one's own life and a different source of being for others.
The one Life, God, is our source, and we can see evidence of this one Life reflected in all. Sometimes it may seem hard to discover this reflection, but the more we know about the original, God, the better able we are to recognize His-Her qualities reflected.
God, as Truth, reveals the permanence of all that is good. Just as truth never changes, all that God, good, is doesn't change. Understanding this, we realize the permanence of good in our neighbor, as well as in ourselves, and can get past a mistake on either side. That God is Love assures us that all creation is loving and lovable. Divine Love is all-inclusive. No one is left out.
Knowing this, we can expect fear and distrust to have no place in neighborly relations. Further on, the Platform of Christian Science includes this statement: "Father-Mother is the name for Deity, which indicates His tender relationship to His spiritual creation" Science and Health, p. Knowing God to be the true parent of each one of us, we are no longer just neighbors but equally loved brothers and sisters.
I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. Matthew Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew ,19 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, ….
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