Love your neighbor 03/29/2020
The following is from the bible in Mark.
12:28 A scribe asked, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”
12:29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, Hear, O Israel! The lord our God is one Lord;
12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
12:31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' there is no commandment greater than these."
Loving your neighbor as yourself is found eight times in the Bible. Not once. Not twice. Eight times. Loving your neighbor as yourself is so important to God that He not only repeats Himself, He makes it a command. And not just one in a list of many commands. Jesus coupled the command to love your neighbor as yourself with loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.
During this time, when we are all expected to stay mostly confined to our homes, and to stay a safe distance from others, it seems to me that the commandment, “Love your neighbor as yourself”, is even more important.
Love your neighbor in part can mean, check on the welfare of your neighbor, help them when you can, be there for your neighbor in the way you would want them to be there for you!
Some of the neighborly actions that have occurred to us here at the Homestead are:
One neighbor was going to one of the local eating establishments and they ask if we want them to bring us something for supper. We said yes, and when they returned with the food I offered to pay for the food. They would not take any money saying, “We love you guys”!
A different neighbor called and asked how you doing on toilet paper. I noted we are getting low but okay right now. A few minutes later they left toilet paper at our front door.
Several neighbors have called saying they we're going to the store, asking do you need anything at all.
A different neighbor called just to ask how we are doing, wanted to know if we were ok and talked for a while.
Even a different neighbor who lives a couple blocks away called, and said she was going to the store, did we need anything. We noted that we could use a bag of potatoes and some Clorox wipes, but we know the stores don’t have the wipes. This neighbor brought a 5 pound bag of potatoes and a container of the Clorox wipes. She noted that they had two containers of the wipes at their house and she gave us one.
Even though a neighbor may not state that they love one another, it seems to me that they do!
“Love your neighbor as yourself”!
Don Ford
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