God is Love, 1 John 1-5 - Ted

In Jesus, God and love are linked accurately, intricately, and indissolubly.

What spoke to me in 1 John is that if we truly love God than we must love all people.... period! This was a hard one to swallow as it’s easy for me to love the people that love me, but what about the unlovely? How about the old neighbor with that dog that always barked at my kids through the chain link fence or the boss that doesn't give me the attention that for some reason I think I'm entitled to? The family member or relative that only sees neon lights of "me", "myself" and "I" during conversation or that person in front of me at Safeway plugging up the line as they write out a check and dig for that ID... really, in this day and age? Well you get the picture.

The fact is, I'm committed to loving God so by default I'm committed to loving people... all people.  On that note I pray "Lord, help me to forgive and to love people as your son Jesus loved people, Amen"