Dear John 3:17. Matthew, chapter 22, verses 35-40, tells us that Jesus told a Lawyer: " The first and great Commandment is: Love thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. The second is like it: Love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Pophets." God wants our Love, selfless and no conditions asked. We live in an imperfect world, where temptations surround us day and night, what better way to learn to overcome temptations? It is like being thrown in the deepend, we have to learn to overcome temptations and learn to love God with all our beings, and to love our neighbour as ourselves. Jesus will give us His Love and Joy to share with others, and the Holy Spirit will empower us with His Love. Jesus told us to " ask and receive," God will give us what we need, to share with eachother. A Christian`s greatest help is our love to learn to fight all adversity, and temptations. And how do we start? By treating all we know and all we meet, as we would love to be treated: with kindness and consideration, with helping hands and friendly encouragements, No angry words and looking the other way, always being a good neighbour. We will find that people will treat us the same, and life will become more interesting. We will not notice those many temptations, we will be too busy to enjoy a good laugh, or any interesting news. To be helpfull is to be accepted as friends, and what is more easy than show the world what God can do, and how He will bless us. But we have to do the first step, we have to ask the Lord to help us, and we will notice how God will approve. Unless we try we will never know. Temptations are traps for idle hands and idle minds, and all it takes to start: a friendly smile and helping hand. I say this with love, John. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ. P.S. Let Love be our weapon, and let the Lord lead us on.
