The greatest commandment is to love God, the second is to love others as we love ourselves.  Jesus embodied this ethic and commanded those who would follow Him to do the same. 

It’s pretty simple, no?

In a country that is supposedly christian, it seems pretty straightforward. The outworking of Jesus’ commands are not obscure.  They are easy enough for a child to understand:

Love is good. Hatred is bad. Sharing is good. Selfishness is bad.  Giving is good. Stealing is bad.  Kindness is good. Cruelty is bad.  Compassion is good. Bullying is bad.  Respect is good. Rudeness is bad. Telling the truth is good. Lying is bad. I could go on, but I’ll

stop.  

So what’s the problem? The commands are pretty straightforward, no? The promise of the Spirit is to help us in our infirmities, yes?

With our highly evolved, tech-savvy, exceptional, so-called christian selves – this is what we’re doing right now? This is the best in who we are? Shame on you.  Shame on us! 

Perhaps the problem is that we are not all who we profess to be and we have no intention of obeying Christ’s commands.  

So let’s stop putting Jesus in the middle of this hateful, disgusting mess! Let’s stop giving him credit for this awful experiment.  I can hear Him saying, ‘I never knew you…’

Are these words biting and disturbing? Good.  It means we are not beyond hearing.  This is grace. 

Do better, right now, today!

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:11–12

Good Morning, I love you all!

ihs,

just adam