Love, as you Love yourself. (day 4)

The Lord tells us many times throughout the Bible, to Love one another.
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye Love one another; as I have Loved you, that ye also Love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have Love one to another." (John 13:34-35)

Did you hear that? We are commanded by the Lord to Love, because He Loves us! He Loves us!

But a problem that has reared its ugly head for quite some time; is the problem we all seem to have with Loving others.

I mean, sure, we can 'love' our family...but what about people we've never met before? Those who hate us? Our enemies? How about the ones who treat us like dirt?
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy." (Matthew 5:43). It seems we all follow that part a little too well.

But listen to what Jesus says about that. "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." (Matthew 5:44)

"This is my commandment, That ye Love one another, as I have Loved you. "(John 15:12). Jesus Loves us. More than we could ever imagine. and He wants us to let that Love show by Loving others as we love ourselves. Thats Love on a Spiritual level. The ability to Spiritually Love, comes from the Holy Spirit abiding in us.

Not the loose term we all seem to use now-a-days. 'I love that show!' or 'I love that music!' How about, instead of 'loving' material things, we Love as we should?

it may seem hard at times, but we must learn to Love. Examine Christianity, its a relationship, a Romance. It's centered around Love!

Christianity is a Romance! That makes us Romantics! Lovers!

Are you in Love?

my blog intro

If you are reading my blog expecting to find a 'diary' about how every-day life is terrible and it would all be better if just one thing happened. Then it would be all fairy-tales and love-bugs from there.
Or if you're reading it expecting me to say how wonderful everything is and how perfect it all is. And how everything already is all fairy-tales and love-bugs .
If you're reading it for my testimony or to see me shove Bible verses into everything.
Then this is most likely more than you bargained for.
I will complain.
I will praise.
I will challenge.
I will hold nearly nothing back.
Nothing.
__________________________________________________________
There are a few things you need to know before you read:
1. Every time I refer to we, us, [Christians]etc. it is refering to Christians as a whole. Not any specific person or group of people. unless implied otherwise.
2.occasionally I will make two entries in one day depending on what happens that day.
3. I have written these 100% on my own with no help from another person or party. Just me and God. unless I reference otherwise. I will not reference help with Bible verses.
4. I use no specific version of Bible. Infact I'll probably use every version. If you ever think of something for me to try and 'cover' or have a comment, please contact me.
5.I am writing a specific series of posts. if they are included in this series then it will say so in the title. ie (day 1) etc.
6.I will not divulge information about those I talk about having contact with unless i have permission from the person themselves.