May 13th - here in class

I'm sitting though my 12th hour of learning about Christian ethics and my brain is about fried. Its a fascinating subject but one that's hard to get your arms around, though my views on God's image in us has shifted a little. An emphasis of the class is to love God and to "love your neighbor as yourself", and this is seen as key to Christian ethics. As I ponder this command to love our neighbor I wonder why its so hard for us to do this. So many of us have the habit of drawing lines of acceptance. For some it might be political, others it might be education, to another class, to another lifestyle...but the consistency in any persons lack of acceptance is the absolute belief that they are right. I feel that God has called us all to love our neighbor despite a lifestyle or habit. This does not mean we embrace a behavior or lifestyle but it means that, by loving our neighbor, we have shown Christ to them in the hope that they might become open to Christ. I thank God for the calling laid upon my life, even when it means being lecture to for hours!!