Loving Others.

I just got done Skyping with my lovely Mentor, it's really difficult for me to be so far away from her (she's in Florida for college). But she always gets me thinking, When I think about people who love others Elizabeth is the first person to come to my mind. I've known her since 8th grade, I met her the first time I attended my now home church and we became friends pretty much instantly. She is someone that I look up to and someone who inspires me. She is one of those people that I can share my deepest darkest secrets with and KNOW she doesn't judge me. When I first met her I was this awkward middle schooler who just wanted a friend and she showed me love by listening to me, and hugging me and taking me to star bucks. Tonight we skyped for two hours when she still had homework to do. I don't really know where I'm going with this paragraph, but I guess I wanted to let y'all know that I have an amazing sister/mentor who keeps me in line.

While I was talking to Liz I was thinking about witnessing and I also was thinking about loving others. My friend Zach preached to my youth group and he said "How much do you have to hate someone to NOT share the gospel with them" and that hit me hard, if we are to love others, why don't we share the greatest gift of True love with our neighbors and their neighbors and their neighbors neighbors. I've always heard the saying "You can't love others until you love yourself" I would think "yeah right" but recently I found that statement to be true. In loving ourselves we are accepting Christ's love for us. You can't stand in front of a mirror everyday and hate yourself and then turn around and say "Hey, God made you and he loves you just the way you are" No, because thats hypocritical. You must accept that God made you who you are and embrace it...humbly of course, their is always that line between seeing who you are and being prideful and conceited. My thoughts for this evening are this, Love yourself and love others don't be afraid to share your faith with someone, it's always worth it.

Peace, Love, & Blessings<3,
Brittany Lauren