if we can’t meet that standard and love one another, we might just find things in others which are good and pleasing. we might just be better people – and likely closer to god – if we try to love one another as jesus asked. these are times in which there is so much pressure to look for the worst in others; clearly jesus wants us to look not for the worst, but for the best – to be the best kind of people we can be.
prayer: god, i know i am limited in what i can see in others, but help me to seek the best in them and 