To my friends around the world,
I just learned about a story where a woman started eating spaghetti on a Brooklyn subway, and another woman started chiding her about it. It escalated into a fight, and a guy had to help break them up. What I see missing in this story is love and compassion. Wouldn't it be great to hear a subway spaghetti story where someone shared their spaghetti with someone on the subway?! In John 13:34,35 God spoke, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." This is not a suggestion, but a command. And when God commands something, He also puts the ability in our hearts:-)
What would Jesus have done? He would have offered His food to feed a hungry person on the subway. He would have multiplied His food to feed every hungry person on the subway, and then every hungry person in NYC! He would have spoken lovingly to both women, and asked them how their lives were going, and He would have asked what their hearts were feeling, and would have inquired about their needs. He would have let them know that He loved them deeply, and if they would accept Him, He would be their Savior, their Helper, and that they would be totally forgiven of every sin they had ever committed He would have let them know that it wasn't just about the here and now, but about the hope of eternal life! He would have been love on full, selfless display, just like He displayed in His life, in the stories about Him in the Bible. He fed thousands with 5 small loaves of bread and 2 fish. He healed whole villages of all sickness. Even as a boy, I'm sure He shared his food with the hungry, spoke comfort to the lonely and grieving, and I imagine He put an arm around them and prayed with them, and held them close. He split the Red Sea in two for His people Israel, and He will do even more for you.
Jesus said in John 14:15, "If you love me, keep my commandments." The first four of the 10 commandments are about vertical love to God, and the last 6 are about horizontal love to our fellow humans. Get the first 4 right by putting God first, and the rest will follow!
The next time you are out and about, try to show someone a Gesture Of love (GOlove), and see how great it makes you feel! Try it in your home, at your place of work, at school, at your place of worship, at the store, everywhere you go! There are hurting people all around you. You may even be hurting, but this will heal! Because of this subway story, I am going to make it a point this week to let God love through me daily, and He will be glorified, and the world around us will be better off for it!!!!!!!
Dear Heavenly Father,
Please forgive me for being so ungrateful and unthankful, and fill me to overflowing with your love. Forgive me of my selfishness and all of those I have mistreated or overlooked, and fill me with the love of Jesus. Let me touch all of those around me with compassion, and let the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:12 be in me, magnified, so that You are glorified, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets," in Jesus' name, amen.
Please post in comments how the GOlove challenge is affecting those around you, if you choose to take the challenge:-) Thanks!
Love
Always
Wins
I just learned about a story where a woman started eating spaghetti on a Brooklyn subway, and another woman started chiding her about it. It escalated into a fight, and a guy had to help break them up. What I see missing in this story is love and compassion. Wouldn't it be great to hear a subway spaghetti story where someone shared their spaghetti with someone on the subway?! In John 13:34,35 God spoke, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." This is not a suggestion, but a command. And when God commands something, He also puts the ability in our hearts:-)
What would Jesus have done? He would have offered His food to feed a hungry person on the subway. He would have multiplied His food to feed every hungry person on the subway, and then every hungry person in NYC! He would have spoken lovingly to both women, and asked them how their lives were going, and He would have asked what their hearts were feeling, and would have inquired about their needs. He would have let them know that He loved them deeply, and if they would accept Him, He would be their Savior, their Helper, and that they would be totally forgiven of every sin they had ever committed He would have let them know that it wasn't just about the here and now, but about the hope of eternal life! He would have been love on full, selfless display, just like He displayed in His life, in the stories about Him in the Bible. He fed thousands with 5 small loaves of bread and 2 fish. He healed whole villages of all sickness. Even as a boy, I'm sure He shared his food with the hungry, spoke comfort to the lonely and grieving, and I imagine He put an arm around them and prayed with them, and held them close. He split the Red Sea in two for His people Israel, and He will do even more for you.
Jesus said in John 14:15, "If you love me, keep my commandments." The first four of the 10 commandments are about vertical love to God, and the last 6 are about horizontal love to our fellow humans. Get the first 4 right by putting God first, and the rest will follow!
The next time you are out and about, try to show someone a Gesture Of love (GOlove), and see how great it makes you feel! Try it in your home, at your place of work, at school, at your place of worship, at the store, everywhere you go! There are hurting people all around you. You may even be hurting, but this will heal! Because of this subway story, I am going to make it a point this week to let God love through me daily, and He will be glorified, and the world around us will be better off for it!!!!!!!
Dear Heavenly Father,
Please forgive me for being so ungrateful and unthankful, and fill me to overflowing with your love. Forgive me of my selfishness and all of those I have mistreated or overlooked, and fill me with the love of Jesus. Let me touch all of those around me with compassion, and let the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:12 be in me, magnified, so that You are glorified, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets," in Jesus' name, amen.
Please post in comments how the GOlove challenge is affecting those around you, if you choose to take the challenge:-) Thanks!
Love
Always
Wins
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