Jesus Said
In John 13:34, Jesus Said... I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. With all that is going on in our country and the world, I keep coming back to this Bible passage and I feel I must share my feelings...and I also realize that my thirty plus years as a teacher keeps coming out...so here goes... The definition of a commandment is a rule that must be obeyed First of all...Since this passage from John's Gospel is a commandment that means it is NOT an option... In addition...Within this commandment there are No options...It does not say love one another except for: those who don't look like you or don't have the same belief system as you or don't speak your language or don't "behave properly" (whatever that means) or those who offend you or those you don't really know...No, there are no exceptions! So with that in mind I have to share with you my sadness over wh