"36Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? 37Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
(Matthew 22:36-40)
Today is the day of Love. We celebrate love and with the ones we love. But do you know what will happen to the love of many in the last days? "The love of most will grow cold..."
(Matthew 24:12)
Can you see it happening today? Aids are at epidemic proportions in Africa and not enough is being done. North Korea has halted talks over their Nuclear Capabilities. Children of the Tsunami are being victimized and exploited in child labor and prostitution. People are still being killed in Iraq after the democratic elections.
There are many examples. How do we react to it? Many of us still drive our SUV's and live in our 2 floor rooms with our 4 course meals. Some of us live in the lap of luxury. We buy closets full of cloths and cupboards full of food. We go into debt over senseless things that don't have any practical use in our lives. We even take people to court over trivial matters in hopes of gaining more money. O the insatiable greed for more. Greed is like filling a bottomless pit.
Sure more can be done and it is within our means but what are we really doing? Do we truly care? Do we weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice? (Romans 12:15) Do we give to our friends when it is in our power to do so? How about how enemies?
Today is the day of love. Wouldn't it be great if the world nations overcame other opposing nations with love. Imagine if nuclear countries abandoned their Nuclear Weapons plans and built orphanages instead or fed the hungry? Imagine if they started.
Many of us Christians sit, wait and watch. But do you now what? Today we can make a difference. Just try it in one person's life everyday. Try a small act of kindness to a friend or even a stranger or better yet an enemy. And how fitting if we did it today on Valentines. What would happen? Well we were once enemies with God but God still showed us the love (Romans 5). What would happen if we obeyed the most important commandments in the Bible? I think we'd see God's kingdom on earth. We'd answer Jesus' prayer for a change instead of Him always answering our prayers.
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