(Yesterday's post got stuck someplace. Forgive me!)
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus makes our task clear, simple and very difficult. We are to love God and neighbor as God loves us. There is no wiggle room in his challenge, but there is always understanding when we fail. God waits for us to respond, picks us up when we fail and sends us out whether we are ready or not. When we submit ourselves to God's ways, we cannot fail.
God protects, God forgives and God sets us free over and over to begin again. Made in God's image, we are to save one another from the "fire" of shame that reduces people to objects of need, rather than subjects of our compassion. If God is compassionate, understanding and accepting, so must we have hearts of kindness and mercy.
Today, let God be God. Get out God's way.
What is most difficult for you in loving like God?
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