RE: [TruthTalk] Love your neighbor as yourself

[ShieldsFamily]

Terry, I lived for 30 years in the suburbs and knew fewer of my neighbors than I know here in the city after just 4 years.  The suburbs were snobbish and cold.  It’s a much friendlier place for a variety of reasons.  Closer proximity.  Not separated by vast lawns and electric garage door openers and private back yards.  Here we walk to the local restaurants, shops, and Forest Park.  Last night my 12 yr old daughter and I spent an entire evening with our dog eating outside at a couple of restaurants (one for dinner, and another for ice cream J ) and reading and talking and people watching, and in the process made the acquaintance of several new people from all over.  I LOVE city life.  Izzy   ======================================================================================== Sounds like a good start to me Slade.  I think you'd make a good neighbor.  Too many people these days do not even know their neighbors names.  This is especially true in cities.  People are jammed next to each other in small apartments.  They come and they go and when they meet one another they either avert their eyes or nod silently.  We cannot live that way and say we love our neighbor.  There is an old song titled "Let others see Jesus in you".  When you love your neighbor the way Christ loves your neighbor, you are singing that song by your actions.  Jesus does not love us by giving us what we want.  He gives us what we need.  If you do not know your neighbor well, you cannot be certain just what that neighbors needs are, but we can start by knowing that all our neighbors need Jesus, just as much as we do. We need to tell them about our Savior, but before we talk, we need to listen.  Listening makes friends faster than anything I know. Terry