(Note: due to a "computer glitch yesterday, I was not able to post a slice of Bread. Today you are receiving two slices.)
Matthew 22:34-40
The Greatest Commandment
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Jesus did not hesitate to answer the question with two simple statements which serve as the template for his followers. Simple statements that take a lifetime of trial and error to achieve. May we keep them before us by meditating on them frequently and reflecting on our interactions with others during the course of a day. We will find ourselves on the "short end of the stick" often enough, but can use this failing as motivation to begin again. God is infinitely patient. May we learn to be as patient with ourselves and not fall into discouragement. No, let us ask for God's help and keep trying to put this great commandment into practice.
Bro. Rene
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