Are we neighbor’s?
Who are you a neighbor to?
Mr. Roger’s theme song was always the best part of his show, to me at least.
ļ¼ what a beautiful day in the neighborhood, what a beautiful day for neighbors, won’t you be mine?ļ¼
So, how are we neighborly?
The pastor I heard this week said something really good, he said ‘we are neihbors by being selfless.’
Jesus was a great neighbor because He worked through compassion, but our thoughts get in they way and say, ‘but that person deserves what they get.’ Or ‘oh well, I tried.’ Or the most common, ‘I have problems too.’
Guess what? Jesus also had problems. And He knew better than anyone that we deserved what we got, but He never stops trying. He always reaches out a hand, no matter how many times we swat it away and say, ‘I’m doing it alone!’ He never turns away from our cries. He never gives up on us.
Jesus is our neighbor. Who are we neighbors to?
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I am a young woman who grew up in British Columbia. In BC was all I ever wanted; I had my poodle (Max) and all my friends, Saturdays at the Vancouver Aquarium and Sunday afternoons at one of my favorite beaches it was paradise. But God had a different plan for my life and my dad's job landed us in Alberta and now where I remain, in small town Souris Manitoba. The transitions from paradise to prairie were difficult and I will admit that now 10 years later I still refer to home as Abbotsford BC. Through this crazy pathway trek across Canada I have had one true constant, God; and though none of it was easy, everything that has happened in my life has formed in me a true lasting friendship with the one I call Immanuel. Because no matter how far from home we are God is with us, and thanks to God I have found an almost completely over looked beauty in Manitoba. If you open your eyes you will see that God has planted wondrous things everywhere you go.
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