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Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Mark 12:33  "To love him (God) with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”



How do I love ME?  Let me count the ways...

I clothe myself.  I feed myself.  I pray for myself.  I pity myself...a lot!  I even, "treat" myself occasionally.  I am pretty good to myself and I'm always looking out for me.

Romans 13:9-10 is recorded as "...and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule:  Love your neighbor as yourself.  Love does no harm to its neighbor.  Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."  Dictionary.com defines neighbor as "one's fellow human being".  It is not defined as a person of a particular sex, race, or creed.  Nor is neighbor defined as someone who always agrees with you.  There is no mention of faith or doctrine.  Fellow human being.  Period.

We know from 1 Corinthians 13, commonly referred to as The Love Chapter, that love is biblically defined as patient and kind.  It is not envious, boastful, proud, rude, self-seeking, easily angered.  Love does not keep a tally of all the wrong things done....it does not keep score.  Love ALWAYS protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres.  Love NEVER fails.

Love, love, love.  I love me, but I love you more!  :)

John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

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