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"LOVE thy Neighbour"

LOVE thy   Muslim neighbour
LOVE thy   disabled neighbour
LOVE thy   immigrant neighbour
LOVE thy   addicted neighbour
LOVE thy   atheist neighbour
LOVE thy   inconsiderate neighbour
LOVE thy   black neighbour
LOVE thy   so-called heartless neighbour
LOVE thy   selfish neighbour
LOVE thy   ungrateful neighbour
LOVE thy   insultive/abusive neighbour
LOVE thy   deceitful neighbour
LOVE thy   self-righteous neighbour
LOVE thy   gossipful neighbour.

                    No Exceptions!

It's pretty basic, but its something we all  need to remind ourselves of, not just "sometimes" but "everytime" -- as you walk down the street, run errands, drive on the highway, walk into a grocery store or mall...etc.

It's the commandment of Love.

We often hastily quote the first few words of this verse of scripture just to focus mainly on the ending part without taking into cognisance the preamble and building block of that whole text;

"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD...." -John 3:16

Loved the people that loved him only ? Loved the prophets and preachers only? Loved the Jews only? NO! NO! NO!... "the WORLD"  (which is habited by the aforementioned folks).

Jesus didn't make exceptions, we shouldn't either.

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