love your god, love your neighbor as yourself... This is a main or single most important word or commandment that Jesus said to his disciples and other people who had asked of the most imiportatn commandment of the Scriptures. This originally came from the old testament, in particular, Deuteronomy. It actually summarizes whole thick body of the words and commandments of the old testament which are considered as even almost 600 things... In short, This word of loveyour god , and love your neighbor as yourself encapsulates the whole of God's will, which were also repeated in the New testament. I usually thought that I know them very well. even I thought who would not know that famous word and phrase of the scripture...
BUt in reality I realized that I am not putting it into practice myself. I mean I was not loving God , nor I was loving myself and my neighbor either. konwing is one thing acting is another. Everyone knows that. But there is none or very few people who actually does practice it...., including myself.... so I was repeatedly judjing myself as well as other people... from the worldly point of view which is nothing but mercenary view. How much money do i make, How much fame I got, how high social position did I get... things like that. I was endlessly juduing and assessing myself and others as well ... Thus I was not happy... I was sad and frstrated and disappointed. evern worse, I was anxious and nervous... I could not see the end of it, endlessly unstable state of mind. Sometimes I hurt myself. my mind and body as well. I did not take good care of myself, my mind as well as my physical condition. I dod rarely take excercises... I have gained much weight...
God says god loves me, lord is with me, lord helps me, lord hems me in, behind and before, lord sustains me, lords surrounds his people just as mountains surround... these are from the Psalms of the old testament.
When my God says continuously that he loves me, he is with me, how dare can't I love me....who am I that I dare not follow or obey God...