Matthew 5:46 - Love To All (Bible Journal)
"If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much (Matthew 5:46 NLT)."
Jesus' lesson from Matthew 5:46 is worth revisiting often. It is 100% easy to love on those that treat us with love. Those that aren't as kind to us.... is another story. In those situations, it is easy to not only not act as loving towards those folks, but even dislike them. With the way we sin and fall short as imperfect humans, I feel like it would be easy for God to dislike us. But not only does He love us anyway, He even offered us a way back to Him through the death and resurrection of His Son Jesus.
Lord, as always thank You for humbling me with today's Scripture. Thank You for loving me despite my messiness. In Your honor, please help me to love on others more, especially those that challenge me. Please help me to be better about making more time for You in this new week as well. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.