Can you love them better?

Can you love them better? Here’s what we know: Loving means doing good. Even if we manage to love God and ourselves, there’s still someone else—others. Our fellow human beings. Jesus says: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is EQUALLY important: Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39 NLT) Couldn’t God have just stopped at, “Love Me and love yourself”? Or at least written, “…and only love people like you”? No—God means everyone. “Love your neighbor” doesn’t mean “agree with everything they do.” “Love your neighbor” also doesn’t mean you are better than them. Loving means doing good. And sometimes doing good simply means staying true to yourself. Here’s an example: I have a friend who always smells amazing. Every woman I introduce to her eventually thinks about getting a nice perfume, too. She’s already influenced me. 😅 In the same way—figuratively in faith—you can be a “good fragrance.” When you treat yourself and others well, it’s naturally attractive. Even the “difficult people” around you can be inspired to treat themselves and others better. ✨ Miracle Thought of the Day: Loving your neighbor also means being good to them by being good to yourself. That’s why it says: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39 NIV) Here’s a question to reflect on today: How could I be good to others by being good to myself?” You are a miracle! Déborah Rosenkranz