I’m going to make this simple.
Who you should love (in no particular order, with the exception of the first one):
- God
- your family
- your friends
- your neighbors
- co-workers (even the annoying ones)
- Donald Trump
- Barack Obama
- NFL players who kneel
- NFL players who stand
- Tom Brady (ugh)
- black people
- white people
- Hispanic people (etc. etc. You get the idea)
- Jesse Jackson
- Stacey Dash
- Kathy Griffin
- Rush Limbaugh
- Christians
- Muslims
- Atheists
- Agnostics (etc. etc.)
- people who cut in line
- Gay people
- Straight people
- Transgender people
- the CBS Exec with no sympathy for the victims in Las Vegas
- your ex wife/husband
- gang members
- homeless people
- CEO’s who make millions
- racists
- felons
- Republicans
- Democrats
- Conservatives
- Liberals
- People who don’t love you back
- Anyone with a pulse
Why you should love everyone on the above list (please read the first one multiple times, I didn’t make it up, it was JESUS who said that):
- “But LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.” Luke 6:35
- “We love because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
- “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31
- “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” Romans 13:10
- “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2
- “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8
- “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7
- “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8
In the words of Forrest Gump, “That’s all I have to say about that.” (Well, for today anyways…)