Love & Grace

Matthew 22:34-39

The Greatest Commandment
34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Reflection of Bee:

The word "love" seems to have lost its real meaning these days. To many, "love" is just an emotion or feeling.... people fall in and out of 'love' quickly. The moment the feeling is gone, the conclusion is "love" is gone.

However, real love does not rely on feelings. Real love is an act of WILL and it demonstrates itself through "grace", which is what God did to us. Instead of using law to judge us for our sins, God's love, in the form of grace, shows mercy and forgiveness for our sins. Love accepts us despite of our shortcomings and ugliness.

"By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God."
—Ephesians 2:8

Yes, God has commanded us to love Him and others. In order to obey God's command, we need to know what it means to love and to apply God's grace to others, which was freely given to us.


Dear Lord,
Thank You for Your grace, which You have freely given to me. You have accepted me JUST AS I AM. Likewise, may I love and accept another just as he/she is and shows grace and mercy instead of law and justice.
In Jesus' name I humbly pray. Amen.