Monthly Archives: December 2009

Forgiveness vs. Justification. Please God vs. Please people.

Love God and love people, the two greatest commandments. I never realized until recently how important that order is. I have always known that loving God first is important, but I thought that it’s just as important to love people. But we should love people out of our love for God.
 
If you love God first, [...]

The Box

This guy had a box and he carried it around with him for years and all his neighbors got a little curious. “What’s in the box?” they asked one another. Some said it was candy, some say it was his childhood toys but they all wanted to open it to end the mystery.
 
The guy with [...]

To love people we need to stop being afraid of them.

I worked at an after school program with a lot of inner city kids. It was great, I played pool with the kids, went skateboarding and hung out with them every Monday and Wednesday. Eventually through our friendship they trusted me with their thoughts and struggles and I was able to show them God’s love [...]