Luke 10:25-28:
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then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit
eternal life?” He said to
him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength,
and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have given
the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
Reflection: How would you define a disciple
of Jesus? For me this question is answered in the
above scripture. First we must choose to
love God. And one way we do that is to
actively love our neighbors, and love ourselves. By loving our neighbors and ourselves we
honor the divinity of our creator God that rests in each of us. But that is a hard thing to do
sometimes. Jesus came to teach us how to
do that. We help our neighbors who are
in need and we also learn to forgive them and ourselves when we make
mistakes. This is something that we
always need to be practicing to get good at it.
I think that a disciple of Jesus is someone who is constantly practicing
love, forgiveness, and service, with the intention of continually getting
better at it.
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