Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Although I skipped the first and second commandments and covered the third and fourth,  suffice to say that the first four commandments concern our relationship to God.  The last six concern our relationship to our fellow man.

For this reason, when Christ was asked the question by the Pharisees which commandment was the greatest, he could answer the question by saying:

Mark 12: 30-31  "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength:  this is the first commandment.  And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  There is none other commandment greater than these."

God and your neighbors.  And the first neighbor you have is your spouse.  The second is your children.  Sometimes we forget that.  Love starts with God and those in your home.  Sometimes the hardest people to continually show a loving attitude towards are those that we live with.

Turn the other cheek.  Load the dishwasher.  Pick up the wet towels.  Take out the garbage. Etc. Etc.  Write a note to those who failed their house chores.  Stick it on their toothbrush.  Or write a note on the mirror in the bathroom.  Yelling does't help.  Neither does nagging.  Try something else.

Take food to the sick.  Visit those shut in their houses or nursing homes or the hospital.  Volunteer for some community charity.  Join Meals on Wheels.  Do something to help.

People used to sit on their front porches and greet those walking down the street.  We don't do that anymore.  We drive into the garage, shut the door and many of us don't even know who our neighbors are.  Surely we can do better.


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