Love thy neighbor...

Recently I've been very conscious of how I can share my faith with others. I've wanted to talk about my faith and beliefs in the vain hope others might listen and be inspired. What I found was that people put up barriers or attacked my words, challenged my faith and the church. I argued and alienated and did very little good when trying to be an evangelise.

When discussing this with a friend he said that my mission should not be to convert, if I want to be a good Christian and live like Christ there is a very simple instruction that Christ Himself gave us. A quote I used in my first blog and have almost ignored since:

Matthew 22:36-40

 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

My friend cited the example of Mother Theresa, she did not spend her life in the slums to convert those around her, she spent her time there to love others. We are fools to think we can go around preaching the gospel on a daily basis and covert all we meet. Some will never convert, some will never change, the greatest impact we can make on their lives is to love them. Love everyone we meet and others will see our example, this will do much more than any preaching could accomplish.


Preaching can make hypocrites out of us, we are all sinners and when we sin we are humbled by God. We need to beg for forgiveness, love Him with all our heart and love those around us. This is the greatest way we can make a difference in this world and the next.


YCM