How should we live our life? In the world filled of many different principles of life, proposed by different people, often we are made confused which one we should take as ours.
Most of us somewhat consciously understand that there is a higher power (God) who created us. And we are, at least equally conscious, that we are not living alone in this world. There are other people around us.
Once I observed the shape of a cross, and it shed a thought on my mind of principle of life. To make a cross, you need one vertical line and one horizontal line. And what could we learn from it?
1. Vertical Line
It refers to our relationship with God
2. Horizontal Line
It refers to our relationship with our surroundings (neighbors, and natures)
Once, Jesus told us about The Greatest Commandment in The Book of Matthew.
"... Teacher (Jesus), which is the greatest commandment in the Law?... Jesus replied : 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it : 'Love you neighbor as yourself.'..."
And we have to understand that we have to take both (vertical and horizontal line) to make a cross. We can't take only of them.
Can we claim that we love God, and not loving our neigbours at the same time?
Can we claim that we love our neighbors only, and not loving God at the same time?
Understanding this, now we could learn from The Shape of Cross on how to life our life.
2 Simple Rules :
First, Love your God. Build your relationship with God
Second, Love your surroundings (neighbors, and natures)
A lesson from the Cross.
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