The LORD, our God, is One and God is Love.
With love in my heart, I give love away. It all comes back and makes a better day.
My only “enemies” are anger and fear thoughts. Being mean won’t help. I lift up those negative “inner mes” through loving thoughts and actions.
Now is the time to do the right thing: to start letting go of fear and live with love in my heart.
Responsive Reading for February 6
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength” (Deut. 6:5). “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD” (Lev. 19:18). A scholar of the law asked Jesus, “’Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments” (Mt. 22:35-40).
The LORD, our God, is One and God is Love.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that?” (Mt. 5:43-7).
With love in my heart, I give love away. It all comes back and makes a better day.
“When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you must see to it that it is returned. When you notice the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you should not desert him; you must help him with it” (Ex. 23:4).
My only “enemies” are anger and fear thoughts. Being mean won’t help. I lift up those negative “inner mes” through loving thoughts and actions.
“Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and when they stumble, do not let your heart exult” and “If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat, if thirsty, give something to drink” (Proverbs 24:17 & 25:21).
Now is the time to do the right thing: to start letting go of fear and live with love in my heart.