Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

It is difficult to find positive things to comment in our country’s present economy. Unemployment is high, economic growth is sluggish, and financial loans are difficult to obtain.

And yet one positive that exists for seekers of God is the opportunity to put our faith into action to help those in our community who are hurting financially. Jesus taught, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40 NLT

As another school year is just around the corner, there is an opportunity for followers of Jesus to put into practice the call to love our neighbors and seek to lighten the financial load of those who are finding it difficult to fill their children’s school supply list. So this week, there is a month long effort culminating at the Coffman Family YMCA in Springboro to help fill donated school book bags with donated school supplies.

It is not too late to participate in this effort. If you would like to participate in this effort simply stop by the Coffman YMCA and donate a book bag or some supplies and volunteers will make sure it gets to children in the area in need. This is a great way to show God’s love in a practical way to some of our school age neighbors!