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Neighbours…does everyone count?

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I’m sure you all know the most important commandment “love your neighbour” and I’m sure everyone can think it’s really simple sometimes. “I’m nice to the people around me, I try not to gossip and I’m very friendly” but what I want to ask you is…are you friendly to those who are not around you?

What do I mean by this? Think about all those people you don’t like, or try to avoid for one reason or another. Even those people who you find yourself in an awkward situation with them were you don’t know if you should just smile or say hello or just ignore them - as if you didnt see them at all. All these people are people that you are meant to love. Even the people who you think look strange on the other side of the road. EVERYONE. There is not one exception to this rule. We need to love everyone.

We can’t pick and choose who to love. God loves each of us with all our imperfections and sins, then why is it so hard for us to love everyone too? I know we all probably know this but sometimes it’s good to be reminded of it. We tend to forget about this and just love those around us. It’s taking the easy way out and love is not easy. Like Marisha said in last week’s talk “narrow is the road that leads to life and only few find it”

Afterall, God is love and we are suppost to be reflecting God. God never said it would be easy, He said it would be worth it. So…. Love =)