Write 31 Days #3
I wrote these words the other day in response to an article from Patheos.com entitled WWSD (What Would Satan Do): A New Grassroots Movement.
Then I woke up Monday morning to the news of more violence in Las Vegas. A friend posted about a military aircraft crash in Mississippi. Another about children harmed in Memphis. And I spent the day in divorce mediation.
Things seem quite bleak.
And yet . . .
Jesus told us (and showed us) “'Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.' This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ These two commands are pegs; everything in God’s Law and the Prophets hangs from them.” (Matt. 22:37-40 The Message)
All I can do is apply Jesus' teaching and example in ALL my interactions with ALL people.
I can't fix this broken world, but I can love it one person at a time.
Blessings!
Then I woke up Monday morning to the news of more violence in Las Vegas. A friend posted about a military aircraft crash in Mississippi. Another about children harmed in Memphis. And I spent the day in divorce mediation.
Things seem quite bleak.
And yet . . .
Jesus told us (and showed us) “'Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.' This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ These two commands are pegs; everything in God’s Law and the Prophets hangs from them.” (Matt. 22:37-40 The Message)
All I can do is apply Jesus' teaching and example in ALL my interactions with ALL people.
I can't fix this broken world, but I can love it one person at a time.
Blessings!
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Yes! Thank you so much for this reminder. I too have been saddened reading the news today, and I needed this reminder. I am your neighbor over at the better together Facebook link-up. :-)
ReplyDeleteyes you can. that's our bottom line no matter what's happening. bless you and may you feel God's love and encouragement this day.
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ReplyDeleteone person at a time is all we can do. that is actually a big job. somehow, there seems to be this idea that we can change the world on fb or some other social media but people don't believe most of what they read there...at least i hope they don't!! i do know they believe real life and kindness and love when they see it...in real life! one person at a time is about my speed and even then, making the choice to be kind in some situations is difficult! persevere girl, persevere:)
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