My journal entry for today.
Be Christlike:
Jesus gave us two great commandments, Love the Lord Your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and Love your neighbor as yourself. The shortest verse in the bible is “Jesus wept”. This means absolutely nothing to anyone out of context. It’s just a dumb fact that we as Christians know because it was taught in Sunday school. Most of us don’t know what this verse means. The context is Lazarus has just died. Jesus is grieved by the death of his friend and his weeping shows the people around him that Jesus loved and cared for Lazarus. Jesus’ ministry is about love. More then the miracles, healings, teachings, and feedings it’s about love and compassion. Everything Jesus did was motivated by a compassion and empathy for the people who needed him. My attempts to become for like Christ will be in vain until I learn to show the same love and compassion the he did.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
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