The most important things in life are to put God first, love our neighbor and forgive one another.  Putting God first is always thinking about how we’re living our lives through His lenses and working towards making the right choices.  Loving our neighbor is not thinking about ourselves all the time and showing compassion towards one another.  Forgiving is looking at that person and saying I love you, and in our hearts knowing that he or she make mistakes just like we do.  Let’s learn to know what's important by putting God first, loving our neighbor unconditionally so that they too can be an example of Jesus and forgiving one another so that we all can stay on the right track to be a vessel for God.

Putting God first is not always easy because we have to sacrifice and get hurt at times.  However, it’s a wonderful thing because we gain peace.  God gave us life and we all are living on separate journeys.  I think the reason He said put Him first is because He wants us to have joy through it all.  When we put Him first, we learn to overcome temptation, we gain strength in the most uncomfortable situations and we’re able to get through tough times.  He said without Him we can do nothing so let’s get it together and evaluate our lives so we’re not stressing all the time but instead being happy in our days.

Loving our neighbor is not easy because people can be mean and just rude.  The more we love, evil comes more so we have to expect that on our journey.  That means we’re doing the right thing, and in the end, we know God is guiding us on the right path to serve Him.  Sometimes it’s just difficult to love others when they just don’t want to be right or always putting stress in our lives.  On the other end, we sometimes do the same thing.  Love is real and it changes lives.  Sometimes we do exactly what we say others are doing so in reality we need to do a self-check because people really need love and at the end of the day, we all win, and we build the Body of Christ when we love. 

Forgiveness is really for us. Most people think when they don’t forgive, they are punishing the other person but in reality, we punish ourselves.  Forgiveness is showing the other person Jesus and how much He loves us.  It helps us more because it shows how we appreciate God’s grace and no matter what a person can do, God will always be around.  The thing about forgiveness is we don’t’ have to be around people or act like it’s all good when they do us wrong, but we have to show the love and allow them to see Jesus in us. When we don’t forgive, we’re allowing the other person to control our lives.  We can’t truly serve God when we don’t love and forgive.

In saying all of that, let’s look deep in our lives and all of the situations that we’re dealing with today.  Whether it’s with others or ourselves and do what we have to do.  Life is short and when we put God first, love our neighbor and forgive in our hearts, we can be happy in life and enjoy the remaining of our days.

Please take time out to listen to these beautiful songs that show us how to love and forgive so that we can be the light for all and heal ourselves at the same time.
 
Kevin LeVar - A Heart That Forgives - YouTube

Lionel Richie The Commodores - Jesus is Love - YouTube
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 Amen and Thank You Lord.

Hello everyone,

I hope all is well.  As I'm sitting here thinking about life, I have to say that it's very important that we spend time with God and ourselves so that we can help one another and become the light of Jesus.

I know we all get busy and distracted at times but life is really about helping one another, giving hope and just being a vessel for God.  We all have something that we're dealing with, we all have our ups and downs but when we come together and see through God's lenses, we will be aware of His goodness and able to be there for each other through all things.

I went to visit my sister yesterday and sometimes I get so busy that I don't do that often but in reality, we have to make time to do that more often.  I have a lot going on but I can't lose track of talking to people and sharing God's wisdom.  I really enjoyed our conversation because when we do things like that, we're taking time out to give hope to one another and to share God's love.

Let's evaluate our lives so that we can be better people, continue to give hope to the world and give that quality time with ourselves and with one another.

​Amen and Amen