Love Somebody

So basically...

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

That's a scary kinda love. There doesn't appear to be much that God wouldn't do for us. Furthermore God wants us to love each other the way he loves us.

This is a big ask seeing as you don't know who your neighbour may be. It could be someone that is very hard to love. Someone that uses there, god given, free will to live in a way that you find atrocious but God wants you to love them all the same. It's a big ask.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Matthew 5:43-44

He doesn't simply tell us how to love, he leads by example too... i.e., On the cross in the process of being killed, Jesus says, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34 He hung out with outcasts in Mark 2:15 "Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.)

You may encounter or be surrounded by some cruel and unusual people and challenges... Nevertheless, it says in 1 Corinthians 10:13 "you have never been tempted to sin in any different way than other people. God is faithful. He will not allow you to be tempted more than you can take. But when you are tempted, He will make a way for you to keep from falling into sin."

God is audacious because he gave mankind freewill and then asked you to love mankind unconditionally. Nevertheless he's not asking you to do anything He hasn't done already. After all he loves you too.

We are made in his image, so we can do it, no matter how hard it seems after all God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:Genesis 1:26

Don't be a bystander today, go out and love somebody! <3