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FEELINGS FOLLOW ACTION

When I was younger, I hated trying new foods. My family would make fun of me for only eating chicken nuggets all the time. Eventually my parents started to make me try new vegetables. I hated how they tasted at first. But the more times I ate them, the better they started to taste. Even though I didn’t feel like eating vegetables, I still chose to eat them. Over time, I began to crave vegetables. The reason I’m telling you this is not so that you’ll eat your veggies (though, while we’re on the subject, you really should). I’m telling you this because this taught me a lesson about showing love to the people around me: Feelings follow action. 

What I mean is that even though I may not feel like doing something at first, if I choose to act anyway, I will eventually start to feel like it. This applies to showing love to people…especially people you may not want to show love to. If you choose to act, whether you feel like it or not, eventually you will actually start to feel like it because feelings follow action.

Jesus challenges us to love the people around us, because by doing this we prove to the world that He is alive and active. By forgiving our annoying siblings, by sitting with the kid at lunch who is eating alone, or by doing chores for our neighbors, we show love to the people around us.

Talk to Jesus and ask Him what ways you can show love to someone that you know you will see today.