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Love is MORE!

Mark 12:32 & 33
"32 And the scribe said unto Him, Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but He:
33 And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Here in today's verses the scribe echos back the words Jesus just said. And, he added "is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." This is amazing insight from this scribe! We can understand this too; loving GOD and our neighbors is better and more acceptable to God than all rituals and ceremonial law. Observance of rituals and traditions cannot come at the expense of respecting God and our neighbors. It becomes a delicate balance of growing closer to God through the practice of religion but not letting that take us away from our "neighbors."

This makes TIME so important to us. What is the most important way to use our time? We don't want to end up learning to "value one year by failing a course" in school. Our time is priceless and needs to be used loving GOD and our neighbors. Getting our priorities straight is getting our lives right. 
It's what God has planned for you and me.
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