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Love God and Love your neighbor.

Mark 12:31
"31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."

Our theme plant from God's Garden is thyme. Thyme is a delightful herb used in cooking and it has helpful medicinal qualities. Thyme also reminds us of our own TIME and what it means to us. What is the most important way to use our time? 

For our study verses we are in the Gospel of Mark, chapter twelve, when Pharisees and Herodians are trying to catch Jesus saying something WRONG. Jesus has answered everything perfectly when this scribe askes the BIG QUESTION; "What is the MOST important thing?" And, everyone knew the answer... it's The Shema! Verses that every young Jew learns as they are growing up.  "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: THIS is the FIRST commandment."

In today's verse Jesus adds His own twist; "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is NONE other commandment GREATER THAN THESE." It's a tall order and we frequently fall short of loving GOD and our neighbors. How can we make TIME for it all??? That's the trick. Getting our priorities straight. 

It's very important. Just read this Quotable Quote from author Marc Levy; 
“If you want to know the value of one year, just ask a student who failed a course.

If you want to know the value of one month, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

If you want to know the value of one hour, ask the lovers waiting to meet.

If you want to know the value of one minute, ask the person who just missed the bus.

If you want to know the value of one second, ask the person who just escaped death in a car accident.

And if you want to know the value of one-hundredth of a second, ask the athlete who won a silver medal in the Olympics.”

Our time is priceless and needs to be used loving GOD and our neighbors.
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