Day 6, here it comes!

Love everyone as your neighbour

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We limit our love because of our differences.

Who is our neighbour? With the samaritan story on Luke 10:25-37 made it clear that there are no limits to our love.

On top of that, love your enemies and pray for those who persecuted you, Matthew 5:43-44.

When Jesus says neighbour, he meant everyone!

God's love is an "everyone/everywhere/all the time" kind of love;

human love is a "some people/some places/some of the time" kind of love.

God, that is so hard.. everyone/everywhere/all the time, even when hurts or disappointment is implicated....??

So he challenges us to love in a way we can only accomplish through daily dependence on his power.

Have i seek His power and love today to love everyone/everywhere/all the time? Have u?

We limit our love because of our fear

It's a risk to love. It's a genuine risk for that Samaritan to stop and help.

C.S.Lewis made this profound observation "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broke. If you want to be sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, no even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetratable, irredeemable."

You may have experienced deep hurt because you made the choice to love. It would be natural to tell yourself, "I'm not going to open myself up to that kind of pain again."

Who wants to be wounded?

But C.S.Lewis statement reminds us that there is even deeper hurt to be found in not loving than in taking the risk of love.

Take the risk to love!

Take the risk, and begin again to love someone whom you've stopped loving or have refused to love.

Love is the greatest risk you'll ever take. There are people who will skydive off Yosemite Valley's El Captain, yet they are afraid to take the risk to love. I know CEOs who wouldn't flinch from a billion dollar deal, yet they are terrified to love. It's a risk to love, but it is the one risk worth taking more than any other.

Keep this in mind: the one relationship you can truly count on is your relationship to Christ Jesus.

Lean on your relationship to Him as you take the risk to love others.

Others may disappoint you- but Jesus will never fail you.

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There's no need for me to write any further. This excerpt from book alone is more than enough to tell the world what it is with loving people.

But i know i don't love everyone/everywhere/all the time... It's hard, it's tough, because i am selfish, i am fearful, i have anger, i am hurt..

That brought up the question, do i try to love with human's selfish love.. or i forgot to depend on God to accomplish love?