Christians and the love they have for one another

Wow I can not believe it has been more than a month since I have last posted! Well Happy New Year! I've noticed that my previous post has gotten a lot of attention, please if you have a comment post it! I would really like to have anyones opinion on the series, whether good or bad. That being said I feel the need to talk about something thats been on my mind a lot recently.

As you see by my title its about love, what is love to you? Is it how you feel about your family? How you feel about Jesus? How you feel about a spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend? Is love a natural feeling for you? Is it actions you take? Recently I've noticed a lack of love christians seem to have for eachother and for nonbelievers. This may not be you maybe you are the opposite of this and you believe that people aren't this way. But I think that this is very much true, at least for only some people.
As I said i haven't noticed a lot of love that believers should have, love meaning actions. For example I notice that while christians love the people across the world from them-the starving children with no parets they give money to-they don't seem to reach out and love people in their own communities.

Whoever you come in contact with you should always show love, you don't know who you could be talking to. Maybe that person has hurt in their life, there parents could be splitting up and they need comfort. Maybe its someone who feels alone in the world and just wants a friend. Maybe the person sitting next to you in class is like you-a christian who loves God and wants to do his bidding. But what if you didn't know this, what if this person was a shy kid with no friends in a new school. Shouldn't we as christians be the one to reach out to those we don't know and invite them to sit with us, ask them about there life where they come from etc etc? Do you do this? If so I give you around of applause!

But we shouldn't just reach out to those type of kids, also show love to people who mistreat you- heres a good verse in Luke.."But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked." (Luke 6:35)
Recently a boy my brother was friends with started spreading nasty rumours about him and this girl, this boy was a christian who had a good family. My brother stopped being his friend and wanted nothing to do with him. In my mind I felt sorry for this boy and upsett with my brother. Couldn't my brother show love to this kid, forgive him and be his friend again? Eventually my brother(Jononathan) forgave him, I'm not sure their friends again though. But the point is how did this kid probaly feel? Even though he did wrong, he should be shown Gods love-love that forgive and moves on.

Isnt that what God does to us? We are all sinners but he chose to send his son to die for our sins. And when we accept his gift he forgives us and sends our sins "far as the east is from the west" I believe we should do the same, none of us are perfect. But that does not mean that we should stop trying...trying to show love to our enemies.

This you will find most shocking but...in my own personaly life I notice that some of the nonbelievers I am friends with I feel more comfortable with. Meaning that I can talk with them, hang out with them and I feel like they they want me to be there. I sometimes feel the opposite when I am around some of my christian friends, not all of them are like this mind you. But those who are I don't feel any connection with, I don't feel like I can talk to them like I do with other people. Maybe its because there shy, maybe its because I'm so shy that I appear to be un friendly. Whatever it is it saddens me, I would rather have christian friends that I can call my best friend than a nonbeliever friend who is a bad influence on me. Having non christian friends isn't bad, because I've been able to share my beliefs but its good to have a balance.

This all may not be what you think as love...but what else does God mean when he says (Jesus is saying this) Mathew 19:19-"Jesus replied, " Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself." Notice that "loving your neighbor" is grouped with some of the TEN Commandments. Well to end this long post, I just want to remind everyone to show love to everyone you come in contact with!

God Bless!

Matthew 22: 36-40
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."