Loving People

Well this is my first *real* post :) I kind of miss blogging, I used to do it alot, before we had myspace and facebook there was xanga, which was a blog and that's all us kids had, spilling our lives :P

I often have some random thoughts, with no one to share them with, so I figured this would be an outlet to ramble about the crazy things that go through my head, so here it goes :)

I've been reading the book of Psalms the last few weeks, but to be honest, I was getting a little tired of David's rollercoaster of whining, then thanking God, whining, then thanking God....

So I decided to start reading Matthew and thought I would try reading the whole New Testament in order. First thing I found interesting is that in my Bible, they have an introductory to each book of the Bible telling you the history of it, who wrote it, when it happened etc. Something I never knew before was that there is a 400 year gap between the Old and New Testaments!

But the one thing I read that really burned deep was found in Matthew 5: 46-47

"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?"

It seems in our culture, it's so good to love your family and there is so much focus on that, but what about loving people who don't love you? We are no different than the world if we simply love our families and friends, and only greet and communicate with the people we are familiar with and like.

What a challenge to me! To go out of my comfort zone and love people the way Jesus loves them, even with nothing in return!