Good Morning!

Romans 13:8-10 (Contemporary English Version)
Love
8Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands. 9In the Law there are many commands, such as, "Be faithful in marriage. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not want what belongs to others." But all of these are summed up in the command that says, "Love others as much as you love yourself." 10No one who loves others will harm them. So love is all that the Law demands.

Paul says it so well that I really don’t know how to improve upon it.

God created humans a little higher than all the other animals in that He gave us the power to reason. Sometimes I don’t think we make good use of that gift. Like when we are on the expressway and someone makes a mistake – cuts us off or drives too slow or too fast – and that animal urge comes upon us to make the other person pay. Or like when we judge another only on the basis of his / her difference – such as race, ethnicity, culture and /or faith. These urges have as their base our fear. We have an illogical fear that besets us and keeps us from freely loving others.

Paul points out correctly that God’s law is fulfilled completely when we set aside our fears and trust Him enough to love one another in the same manner as we love ourselves. I do not claim that this is an easy task – learning to love another. But if we can set the standard – show the world how loves makes a difference – then we can change the world.

Have a blessed day.


Agape’

Mr. Jim