Love as Jesus Would

I don't know about you, but when I see Jesus, I see Love. He's all about Love. Love that is risky. love that is sacred. Love that is messy. Love that brings tears to your eyes. Love that instills hope in those who are lost and alone. Love that takes guts, sweat and blood. Jesus' love is far from commercial it reaches out and surrounds people, places and things that we wouldn't normally care about let alone LOVE. It's a love that worships God with every fiber of our being and like wise with our neighbors.

After 2,000 years you would think that Jesus' disciples would understand and follow the Great Commandment. Unfortunately, too many people who call themselves Christians seem to adhere to an exclusive form of religion that orchestrates hate and disdain for people who practice other religions.

In Luke 10, Jesus gives a gut-wrenching analogy of who our neighbors are. I should think that his statement offended many within the crowd... I'm talking about the story of the Good Samaritan.

I often look for modern day stories of the Good Sam.

Which brings me to last Sunday...

Early Sunday morning I was reading my Bible in one hand and CNN on my Blackberry in the other... (A great theologian recommended as much.. not the Blackberry but the newspaper). This is what I saw... A Headline that read.. "Muslim Protesters Surround Christian Mass to Protect Christians."

Evidently Muslim protesters joined hands to protect Egyptian Christians as they held mass on Tahrir Square. They were returning the Love.

Now I don't know about you but that true story should grasp your inner soul.

Amen..