"LOVING GOD, LOVING EACH OTHER!"

Mark 12:29-31 (KJV) "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." Everyone is so caught up in whose "side" they are on these days! The leaders of our country, state, county and city all make decisions that affect all of us. Periodically, we have elections to keep current leaders or replace them with different ones. The bible says King Solomon was the wisest (1 Kings 3:12) man GOD created. In Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV) many believe he wrote "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." I am sure there were some who disagreed with decisions handed down by King Solomon. Yet he wrote when it all said and done to "fear GOD and keep HIS commandments". Other translations say to "love GOD" or "have reverence for GOD". The bottom line is, we are instructed by JESUS HIMSELF to "LOVE". Love GOD first, then our neighbors second. The reaction to JESUS quoting the scripture (Mark 12:34), and telling the "scribe" that he was not far from the Kingdom of Heaven is priceless! "And no man after that durst ask HIM any question". The end of the matter was exactly what King Solomon said it was over a thousand years prior! Even today, true joy and peace comes only from "Loving GOD, Loving each other"! The second verse of this song says it so plainly. "We tend to make it harder Make steeples out of stone Fill books with explanations Of the way But if we'd stop and listen And break a little bread We would hear the MASTER say" "LOVING GOD, LOVING EACH OTHER!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7LeR8Thv6I&sns=em