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About loving others more than loving self…

Matthew 10:8 Freely you have received, freely give. (NIV)

Matthew 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (NIV)

We are the multitudes. Please hear our cry. We want to think of others but we cannot because we can only think of ourselves. We want to help others but we cannot because we cannot even help ourselves. We want to reach out to others but we cannot because we cannot even reach past ourselves to give away who and what we are. We want love but we cannot get far enough outside of ourselves to take the risk love requires. We wrap our arms around loved ones but we feel no love. We leave people and lives behind us without a thought for what has been left behind except our own regret, then when reality hits us we realize we made a mistake. We want others, but because we are trapped within ourselves, we do not see them. We see others with our eyes, but it is as if they are not there. We know others but it is as if they are strangers. We recognize others but it is as if they do not exist. We are the multitudes. Please hear our cry.

If you are one of the multitudes, you are loved and you can express love. You can express love for others and you can experience love in return. The key to giving and receiving love is unlocking the door of your heart. Very often, for reasons as many as the stars, people lock the door of their heart and think they cannot open the door. Sometimes in this life we lose people, we lose relationships, we lose opportunities, we lose in various facets of our life, and it seems we continue to lose, and lose, and lose. In the times of our loss, it is very easy to shut tight the door of our heart because it is in our heart where the hurt resides. However, when we shut the door of our heart, we cannot reach out, we cannot love, we cannot permit ourselves to be loved. What we must remember is to not keep the door of our heart shut. For even in our worst hurt, keeping the door of our heart open permits our hurt to fade away. An open heart to God permits God to heal any remaining hurt. Closing our hearts off, regardless of the cause, must be seen for what it is…an act that is not godly. Closing our hearts off does not glorify God because we are not able to love or be loved. Closing our hearts off permits the demons to come and inhabit our minds. When we open the door of our heart and let Him come in, all the old hurts vanish as He touches the hurts of our heart and He heals us. For Christ is alive this day. He is just as alive this day as He was two thousand years ago. He is alive this day and seeks to come into your heart, to sit down and talk with you, and to pour His healing love over you.

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