How are we doing in our loving?

Two Sundays ago we looked at 1 John 2:7-11. God's command to us, the goal of the Gospel, is to bring us in line with love. We heard from John that LOVE is both an old command, part of what we first heard when we listened to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and also a new command.

We saw that John doesn't take a "gray areas" philosophy. You either live with an attitude of love and helpfulness toward other people, or you go through life indifferent to others, which 99.9% of the time means you're looking to help - you.

At the end of our teaching time, I asked us to write a prayer to God: "God, help me to love ___."

We were challenged by the Scripture - and I believe by the Spirit - to be active in our love and helpfulness towards others, and particularly one person, you might find annoying.

How's it going? Are we praying that prayer during the day: "God, help me to love X"? Are we finding new ways to love this person?

I was doing well at the beginning of the week, and overall, some of my active love continues, but I haven't been praying the prayer recently, and I need to. I need to make it part of my morning prayer time. It's not a long prayer - what - half a second?

How are you doing?