This word is tossed around a whole lot, especially in the 'church' world.
What does it mean to actually love your neighbor so much that you share your stuff with him? That he or she can simply come over and have refrigerator rights? What would it look like if that is how it was with everyone? If we actually did share... everything?
Before we could ever get there we actually have to know the people around us first. - Not just their names, but who they are... their stories. How many of us just know the people who live beside us? Sure we know our friends, but what about everyone else we live around day in and day out? Something like that requires from us intentionality. Because without intentionality our culture simply no longer provides opportunity for genuine interaction to occur.
Then we must go beyond truly knowing them to truly loving them. Loving them, actually as much as we love ourselves... The thing is though this is not something you can just force to happen. You can't just squint really hard and bare through it and call it loving your neighbor. True love is a natural out pouring of your heart, it's out of the overflow of your love for God Himself. So really, it's God loving through you.
We as Kaleo are probing the depths of these questions and what our faith and love asks of us.
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In an attempt to know and love we are hosting a Free Sale! (It's like a yard sale, except everything's free :) )
1. If you want to donate some things to it simply let us know (kaleonashville@gmail.com)
2. If anything you should come and hang out with us and eat some dogs and smores!
COMMUNITY FREE SALE
The Arnet's place, Saturday November 21st @ 8:00am on...
For more info just ask!
May you know, and may you love. May you live in Community.
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