Loving your neighbor as Thyself

Today being 2 days before Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement I was reading an Article written by a Rabbi about how this day can effect our life. A very interesting point came to mind through his words, he explained as most of us know that Jesus’ biggest point was to “Love your neighbor as Thyself”

Well that got me thinking about how we Love ourselves, in all that it means for us to love each other. I got to thinking of all the time I spent in therapy trying to figure out what went wrong with my first marriage. I realized that most of what had happened was because I had this screwed up idea of what it was to love me. What I learned through that experience is that you need to Love who you are before you can Love anyone else.

So now it comes down to how we love ourselves, in our culture today we effectively try to buy our way into happiness. Most of us are of the belief that if we have this House, Car, Computer, or Cell Phone these thing will make us happy. This for a lot of us has become the way we show Love for ourselves. What are we thinking?

This is our mindset when we go about the task of Loving our Neighbor as Ourselves. We then start to think of this in those terms.

Even if we look at this during the time of Jesus, what was so different? The people of that time period were still all about what they could gain from others.

Today in the United States we have Politicians who are trying to take money from one group and share it with those who have less. This to them is there twisted concept of Loving our Neighbor as Ourselves. The problem with those people is the wealth they have generated is kept for them. They are instant that we share ours with other, while refusing to practice that which they preach.

One of the things Jesus made a point of was that it was important not to just give someone some thing but to teach them how to earn it themselves. Most people in this world are very proud and it really takes a lot to swallow that pride and seek help, they are not looking for hand outs but a way to feel productive and earn for their own benefit. All they wish for is a way to earn the support to provide for their own needs. In the United States we have created a culture of Children who would rather collect a check from the government then go out and earn an honest days pay. How sad of a statement when all we are doing is breading a group of people that feel they are entitled to reap the benefits of another’s hard work.

So in all this maybe, this Yom Kippur we really need to take a good hard look at our own personnel way we Love ourselves, so to better qualify ourselves to Love our Neighbor truly as Thyself.



The Lord Bless you and protect you!
The Lord deal kindly and graciously with you!
The Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace!

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