The Good Neighbor
Lately, I see and hear a lot of people who are willing to KILL others for their cause, their rights, their beliefs, their stuff, even... But not so many people are willing to DIE for their cause, rights, beliefs, or that same stuff. Jesus said: Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends . (John 15:13) And lest we get too hyped up about who we should consider a friend worth dying for—remember the lesson of the neighbor: Jesus told a man, a lawyer: Love God with *everything* in you... and love your neighbor as yourself. The lawyer asked Jesus a question many of us are still asking 2,000 years later: "Who IS my neighbor?" (Of course a lawyer asked that one, lol!) Meaning, who do I *have* to love, Lord? Forget how many friends we are willing to die for... how many neighbors do I have to love?! Jesus basically answered with a simple, astounding answer: ANYONE IN NEED OF HELP. See someone hungry? Feed him. See someone beaten...