Love all the comments you recieved.

THIS SHARING IS ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT, JOHN! INDEED, IT STARTS WITH OBEYING THE WORD OF GOD, NO MATTER HOW WE FEEL. I LOVE IT AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS KEEPER. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Beautifully written my friend. GOD guides you through your pen............GOD BLESS YOU and YOURS........Tony

John: Our neighbor is a reflexion of ourselves. Love thy neighbor!

God Bless You,
Deb

I am learning that the Lord gives us each individual trials of testing our hearts, and our faith. He looks at our hearts even in a unsavory situations & circumstances to see how & who we really are. Loving people who are mean for example (full of that jealousy & hate exc.) seemed like such a bizzare thing to me before being reborn, as I didn't understand the gravity of it all. Mercy is such a profound gift of love, and forgiveness. Mean people are miserable inside cause they need the Lord. So I try to see them as infants having a temper tantrum. (love thy neighbor) And let me tell you I am one with a quick wit for sarcasm to mean people because I am also a very outspoken personality. It can be challenging too in "wanting" to love people who are brass & rash & seemingly ignorant-but I feel the awesomeness of a mercy grow inside of me each time I encounter someone having a bad day & I handle the test through the Eyes Of Christ. Then I receive a blessing for it! The Lord is so Amazing.

I like how you always show your references from the Bible John
Through Love Of Our Lord Christ Jesus & His Abundant Bounty
Vickie xx

It is easy to hide in your home and not seek out your neighbors or the people we sit next to everyday at work. I find when we reach out and share something, or take the time to give, we see the face of Christ in their smile. Loving your neighbor teaches us, it is in the giving of yourself, that you are rewarded the gift of love. You get more out of it than that neighbor when you act on this action.

Thank you John for sharing this and may God bless you and your neighbors!

In Christ
Teresa Walker

Your message is loud and clear. What a clever way to encourage and people to become closer to God and to help them selves at the same time.....M

Indeed it's the 2nd Commandment, too! Well done, John!

much needed message that shows what love really is. Not a feeling, primarily, but an act of a will submitted to God.
Great poem John!

Z.B.McClure 'Zach'

I tried this years ago and found that it got easier each time.... even with the unlovable. Anyone can do this if they just keep at it! Wonderful poem; you wrote it well.

Joy L. Hale

This is a very beautiful poem! We really should love our neighbors as ourselves and that doesn't mean the neighbor next door but anyone we meet. Thanks for sharing such a lovely poem. I love the picture! Blessings to you John! :)

Very creative, my friend. Well done for sure.