“A new command I give you: Love one
another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this
everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one.”
John 13: 34-35
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments.”
Matthew 22:37-40
Think of all the possible personality
traits that we inherit, and then add to that all of our life
experiences and how they affect our behavior and our personality and
you'll end up with an unfathomable number of combinations to make so
many different types of people. Yet Jesus called us to love one
another. but more than that to love our neighbors as we love
ourselves. Think about that and let it really sink in. He said it was
the greatest commandment. There are so many different facets to a
person. While growing up my Mom told me to pick out the
characteristics we like best about a person, and concentrate on
those. Just shove the less lovable traits to the back burner. Pretty
wise advice wasn't it?
