Love Thy Neighbor <3

The Greatest Commandment

     One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

    “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

    “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

    When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

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Today we hosted a street party at our house. We invited our whole street over to meet and mingle! My neighbor and I started planning this a few weeks ago. We both felt that we needed to take the bible literally when God commands us to Love your neighbor as yourself. I was so happy she was on board and willing to help put on this party. 

We originally thought about doing a lunch, but quickly realized there are way too many houses on our street and that would be really expensive. So she came up with the idea of a "come and go" type of party. So we made all kinds of sweets and sent out invitations!

I had been super excited about this and really feeling like it was going to start something good. Ryan was not super into it, but was along for the ride.

I baked my treats last night and then I cleaned the house this morning. By 2 o'clock I was ready to go! My neighbor who helped put this together and her husband showed up and we got everything situated. We waited and waited, talked and talked, for about an hour and no one else showed up. I was a little disappointed, but chalked it up to the rain and figured it would work better in the spring. So they left and we wrapped up all the desserts and decided to go to a friends birthday party. We were walking out the door when Ryan decided it was a little chilly and we needed to search for his lost jacket. We finally found it and were headed out the door when our front doorbell rang. Both of us froze and didn't know if we should open it or pretend we weren't home! LOL. So of course we opened the door! 

Neighbor after neighbor started showing up! We unwrapped all the desserts, went and got our original neighbors again, and had a great time! It was a wonderful party and really cool to meet people we live so close to!! We are already planning a Spring get together!!