Sometimes the greatest lessons in life can be learned by getting lost...
Text: “When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:34-40
Devotion: Do you remember that awkward phase as a kid? The one when you felt out of sorts? Maybe you were like me, you grew three shoe sizes in a school year and often tripped over your own feet, or stubbed your toes on anything with a corner. Maybe you had a point where your pants were too short, or acne wasn’t your best friend. Somewhere along the way, despite the best efforts of bullies, or our own self-consciousness, we gradually grew out of that phase of life and learned who we were as a person. Though, admittedly, I can’t remember the day that it happened, I eventually learned to be comfortable in my own skin. I learned to accept myself, warts, and all. Jesus’s words this week paint an incredible picture of acceptance. We, as people of God, are called to love God first and love our neighbor as ourselves. Learning to give and receive love from God expands into learning to love our neighbor… as much as we love ourselves. Learning to accept yourself as the beloved person you are, translates into the ways we learn to love our neighbor. This week, as you explore this topic, be kind to yourself, learn to love what you can’t change. In doing so, we learn to pass that love onto someone else. ~Jeremy Hallquist Act:
Social Media Prompt: How do you learn to deal with people you don’t always agree with? How do you learn to accept things in yourself you struggle with?
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