2nd Day 125

I have just really had this on my heart all day. There's a lot of crap going on up here
drama-wise, and those who live up here in Bellingham, Gamma Stack9 can attest to that. I have the luxury of being able to not care, and when the stuff gets flung I go sit in my corner and rock back and forth, wondering why people can't just get along.

This is challenging for me as well, because there are certainly people I don't like to be around all the time. I say this to show that I'm not holier than the reader of this wasted bandwidth, but that I'm just like you. I try very hard to get along with everyone, and I still feel like I fail at moments.

For those of you that aren't Christians, bear with me.

1 John 3:15 says "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."

Here's another one

1st John 4:20
"If someone says "I love God" and hates his brother, he is a liar; for one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen"

If you believe that Jesus is the Savior of the world, that should make you sweat. The Bible also, at least as far as I've noticed, makes no distinction between "liking" and "hating," nor is there a distinction between "liking" and "loving." "Love your neighbor as yourself," and I know that this phrase is found in multiple world views, so this should apply to everyone.

Another thing, and you can look these passages up yourself and place them in context if you don't trust me, but there isn't an "unless" right after. Love each other. No excuses. No "if"s, "and"s, or "but"s. That's it. It doesn't matter what that person did, what they said, what you heard they said. FORGIVE THEM AND MOVE ON.

Do with that what you want. I hope you get rid of whatever little things you're fighting about, because no matter what you believe, people are watching and drawing judgements about you whether you realize it or not. Do you want to be known as quarrelsome and unforgiving? Those certainly aren't traits I want ascribed to myself, let alone Christianity as a world view.

Ok. You can agree with what I've just posted or not. I'll leave it at this: People in this world are fighting, killing, and dying over century old disagreements. They started because two people, or groups there-of just couldn't get along, for whatever reason.