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Neighbour love
'... love your neighbour ...' Mark 12:31
Does loving your neighbour mean saddling up to old trout-face next door and giving her a bear-hug until she either passes out or surrenders to the Lord? Er, nope. What you've done there is confused 'loving your neighbour' with 'creeping out your neighbour'. Actually you don't have to live next door to somebody to be a neighbour. And loving them isn't about sentimental gush.
Making other people's priorities your own priority is loving your neighbour. Making your time their time is loving your neighbour. Random acts of kindness without expecting a thank you in return is loving your neighbour.
So, you want to love your neighbour but you're stuck for ideas. Check out www.shineyourlight.com for inspiring ways to spread the love. Like, you could 'hang with Gran' (yours or somebody else's): play Scrabble, listen to what life was like for their generation, clean up her garden.
You could 'give a lunch': next time your homeless neighbour asks for spare change, bless him with a sarnie or a Starbucks. You could 'lose the litter': you and a few mates tidying up your street and save the council a job. Or how about 'bless a bobby? It's not easy being a police officer. Why not write your local bobbies a thank-you card and buy them a box of choccies. Simple, small but effective ways to love your neighbour.
written by Bob Gass
'... love your neighbour ...' Mark 12:31
Does loving your neighbour mean saddling up to old trout-face next door and giving her a bear-hug until she either passes out or surrenders to the Lord? Er, nope. What you've done there is confused 'loving your neighbour' with 'creeping out your neighbour'. Actually you don't have to live next door to somebody to be a neighbour. And loving them isn't about sentimental gush.
Making other people's priorities your own priority is loving your neighbour. Making your time their time is loving your neighbour. Random acts of kindness without expecting a thank you in return is loving your neighbour.
So, you want to love your neighbour but you're stuck for ideas. Check out www.shineyourlight.com for inspiring ways to spread the love. Like, you could 'hang with Gran' (yours or somebody else's): play Scrabble, listen to what life was like for their generation, clean up her garden.
You could 'give a lunch': next time your homeless neighbour asks for spare change, bless him with a sarnie or a Starbucks. You could 'lose the litter': you and a few mates tidying up your street and save the council a job. Or how about 'bless a bobby? It's not easy being a police officer. Why not write your local bobbies a thank-you card and buy them a box of choccies. Simple, small but effective ways to love your neighbour.
written by Bob Gass
