Write a small paragraph explaining why Jesus teaching on loving your neighbour can be practically followed.
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A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
'Love thy neighbor as thyself' – Is it still practical?
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
March 27, 2008
"Which is greener – sun or tree?" headlined a story that ran last week in this newspaper. The article explained, "The Solar Shade Control Act went unnoticed for 30 years, but since December it has come up in several lawsuits…"
While the conflict between solar panels and shade trees is relatively new, neighbors having conflicting interests is not. And even conflicts about how trees grow in one another's yards have been around for years. Yet, so has the age-old Scriptural instruction, "Love thy neighbour as thyself." Can it still effectively address the complexity of contemporary disputes such as this one?
It's interesting that to love one's neighbor is not the first but the second commandment. Yet, as Jesus said, it's like the first.
Many have found that trying to love one's neighbor – those next door or at the next desk – is not always the easiest thing to do. Keeping the two commandments in their proper order, however, can assure the fulfillment of both, for a heart filled with love for God naturally overflows. Maintaining and increasing our love for God demands an ever-enlarging understanding of our divine Creator.
Understanding God to be Life indicates that we have much in common with others. There isn't one's own life and a different source of being for others. The one Life, God, is our source, and we can see evidence of this one Life reflected in all. Sometimes it may seem hard to discover this reflection, but the more we know about the original, God, the better able we are to recognize His-Her qualities reflected. God, as Truth, reveals the permanence of all that is good. Just as truth never changes, all that God, good, is doesn't change. Understanding this, we realize the permanence of good in our neighbor, as well as in ourselves, and can get past a mistake on either side.