Dear CuriousAtheist. Jesus gave us two Commandments, they contain all what God wants from us: " Love for God, He made us in His image, and Love for our neighbour: ( all others, friends and not friends)" To love friends is easy enough, and when we are told to love others, even the unfriendly and uncaring strangers, what does it entail? When we remember that God made us all, and God loves us all, it is not too hard to treat everybody as we like to be treated. God can see our hearts and God will know. Jesus will give us His Love and Joy, and the Holy Spirit will give us His Love, also. ( Jesus told us: to ask and we will receive, and then we thank God, and share our love PLUS the Gifts of Love, with all around us.) God will see our sincere efforts and God will KNOW that we love Him and our neighbour: God with all our beings, and our neighbour as ourselves. Jesus did tell us in Matthew, " On these two Commandments hang ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS." Love is of great importance to God, God is Love, and God wants loving children/sons and daughters. We have years to become better and better, and Love changes people as well as everything, and we find that we are becoming more and more, as God wants us to be. We will stumble and even fail often, but we ask God for forgiveness, and God will forgive us as we will forgive others. Then we carry on and let Love change us. God told us: " Whosoever will may come." I say this with love, CuriousAtheist. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.
