Fantastic Friday's with Real Southern Woman
Channel: REAL SOUTHERN WOMAN, COLLARD VALLEY COOK
Date: 2021-03-12

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
March 12th — Morning Reading
"Thou shalt love thy neighbour." — Matthew 5:43
"Love thy neighbor." Perhaps he rolls in riches, and you are poor, and living in your little cot side-by-side with his lordly mansion; you see every day his estates, his fine linen, and his lavish banquets; God has given him these gifts, do not want his wealth, and think no hard thoughts concerning him. Be content with your own lot, but do not look upon your neighbor, and wish that he were like you. Love him, and then you will not envy him.
Maybe, on the other hand, you are rich, and near you resides the poor. Do not scorn (think them unworthy) to call them neighbor. Accept that you are bound to love them. The world calls them your inferiors. In what are they inferior? They are far more your equal than they are inferior, for "God hath made of one blood all people that dwell upon the face of the earth." It is your coat which is better than theirs, but you are by no means better than they are. They are men, and what are you more than that? Take heed that you love your neighbor even though he be in rags, or sunken in the depths of poverty.
But, perhaps, you say, "I cannot love my neighbors, because for all I do they return ingratitude and contempt." Then so much the more is room for you to show great bravery of love. 
Would you be a soft warrior, instead of taking the rough flight in love? He who dares the most, shall win the most; and if rough be your path of love, tread it boldly, still loving your neighbors through thick and thin. Heap coals of fire on their heads, and if they be hard to please, seek not to please them, but to please your Master (Jesus); and remember if they reject your love, your Master hath not rejected it, and your deed is as acceptable to Him as if it had been acceptable to them. Love your neighbor, for in so doing you are following the footsteps of Christ.  Edited by Tammy Nichols for easy reading