Loving THE Others

Hello Guys!

Long time, no blog.

Guys, this has been a blog post since I heard this sermon, and guys I’m not proud of myself being a sinner. But today I needed to share this. 

To be honest, I do not remember at all when I heard this sermon at school chapel, but I remember it the message.

The sermon was done by Dr. Luigi Penaranda. (Who, by the way, talked about having a special letter in his name that had to be taken out when he came to America. I wish I could fix it, but I cannot. PS. My last name used to have a different letter that is also not in the American alphabet.) 

In the sermon, he talked about people loving people. Which is one of the most important things we as Christians are called to do. Love God and love others.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31

Dr. Peneranda talked the entire chapel about LOVING those of the least of us. Loving those that are DIFFERENT. Loving THE other, not just others. 

All throughout this sermon I just wanted to stand up and shout YES! THIS IS WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY! THIS IS WHAT I MEAN IN MY LIFE!

We as CHRISTIANS are meant to LOVE THE OTHERS. Love those who are DIFFERENT. Love those who have different SKIN as us. Love those who have different NATIONALITIES as us. Love those who have different GENDERS than us. Love those who have different LANGUAGES than us. Love those who have different SEXUALITIES as us. Love those who have different RELIGIONS as us.

Does loving someone mean condoning it?

No. Loving someone means RESPECTING THEM. Loving someone means TREATING THEM LIKE A PERSON. Loving someone means that you are KIND, you are CARING, you are GENTLE. 

One of my most FAVORITE VERSES is 1 Corinthians 13:48, and I TRY my hardest to live it day in and day out. 

A reminder of what love is -  

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

LOVE is NOT boastful.

LOVE is NOT self centered. 

LOVE is NOT anger. 

And I remember being all throughout that sermon wanting to STAND UP AND SAY “YES DR. PENERANDA. YES.” 

If you know me personally, you know I get frustrated. I get so frustrated at people that don’t love THE others. As I type this right now, I am holding back tears because I get so mad that there are people that think that they matter more than another person because they are different. NO PERSON IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PERSON.

Let me say that just one more time.

NO PERSON IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PERSON.

You know why? 

Because we are ALL sinners. We are ALL SINNERS. We ALL FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 

And there are people out there that think they are better. Because other people sin differently than them.

Guys, I get frustrated. I get so angry at these people. I wanted to stand up in the middle of the sermon and shout “ARE YOU LISTENING. DO YOU HEAR WHAT THIS MAN IS SAYING? LOVE THE OTHERS.” 

I started thinking of all the people that don't love THE others. I got mad, and then I started getting even more angry at the fact that I don’t love the people that don’t love the others.

I get so mad at these people. I want them to trip, I want them to have holes in all their socks, I want their shoes to make fart noises so that people think they did, I want them to suffer. But I shouldn’t.

I have no problem loving THE others. I have a problem loving others. 

GUYS. I don’t understand people’s lack of compassion. 

GUYS. I don’t understand why people support those who are full of HATE.

It is election year, and that is all I hear. Trump. TRUMP.

I don’t mean to make this a political entry, but if you know me, mostly everything I saw is politics.

I do NOT understand how CHRISTIANS can see something good in someone who is SO FULL OF HATE.

I see no love in that man.

I see boastfulness, I see self fulfillment, I see anger.

And then I have to step back, and I try to love others. 

I try to love others who they themselves do not love the others.

I am not perfect. I am far from perfect. I get angry, a lot. I curse and I cry because I get frustrated. 

Guys, some people NEED to work on loving THE others, and some people NEED to work on loving others (me). 

The hate needs to stop.

From me to the others, and from the others to THE others. 

God bless,

Kasia.