I graduated college freshly schooled and ready to change the world—not in brashness or conceit—but excited to make a difference. While I did so in some areas, the more I learned, the more I had yet to learn. An adage, often attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, rang true: No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care. Ah, the importance of lovingly speaking to—not at—people!
Overarching themes in today’s readings include not only God’s knowledge and love of us—but our knowledge and love in response to others. When tempted to feel ripe with knowledge or indignant over another’s treatment of us, God—from whom all things are and for whom we exist—challenges us to first put on love.
May he, who knows our hearts and minds and loves us completely, guide our every action to align with his.

Lessons for me today, “Knowing God and loving God are the roots and reasons of loving others! Knowing others and loving others without knowing and loving God first are the reality and reasons of idolatry!!!” Here is why? *** I need to know and love God for me to love like this without knowing and loving God in Luke 6:27-30, “But here is what I tell you who are listening. Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who call down curses on you. And pray for those who treat you badly. Suppose someone slaps you...
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AMEN!

Lord your love is all we need to show the others around us that if we have your love we convey that to others thank you for loving my family and friends and I pray we make you proud I love you Lord in Jesus name I pray Amen Amen Amen

Thank you, Lord, that life is best built by your love for us and how we return that love. Amen

"Thank you Lord, that life is best build by your love for us and how we return that love." Thank you for your words today Kathleen. Amen!

Ah, Kathleen, one of my most favorite verses in scripture. 'For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you'.
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Amen. :)