Love for Neighbor

God wants us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Proverbs tells us this repeatedly.  Daily we come in contact with friends, family, acquaintances and strangers. We respond, react, and communicate with them everyday in ways that God approves and sometimes disapproves.  We attempt to treat others as God wills, but sometimes our emotions are in such upheaval that they cause us to angrily express ourselves. It is hard not to act in a negative manner when we feel wronged.  We need to remind ourselves immediately to pray in that first moment of anger that we can control our emotions and rather use the wisdom of God for a response.  We will have to continually work on this because we will constantly regress to our emotional ways if we aren't careful. If we Christians cannot be kind to others, think how much harder it is for people who don't know Jesus.  Also, those who are considering the truth of Jesus, may be turned off when they see Christians acting contrary to the word of God. Let's remember to pray to God that we will use His discernment in all situations!