Matthew 22:36-40
Two Greatest Commandments
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 7:12
The Golden Rule
12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Job 12:7-10
God's Hand is the Life of Every Creature and Thing
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.
I have read in different articles that refers to God as our Source...And that God is the Source of Life and the Source of all things...I think there is truth in this statement and that God is, in fact, the Source of many things in the world and thus in our lives...We may try to do life our own way and we may actually think we are doing things our own way and that we are independent of other things, but it is truly God whose purpose and plan that is Supreme...
So life when looked at from the belief and point of view that there is a God, then life looks differently...Life for the believer has a different perspective than from the non-believer’s point of view...There is One above who is Steward of all things in the universe...Believing life has a Source helps give life purpose...It gives people and nature a connection...The things we have and receive in life, we often believe that we have earned them personally and that they come from us alone...We sometimes think that we have provided our own opportunities for what we have in both material and family and friends as well as everything else we have...We often do not believe what we have in the entire spectrum of our lives is influenced by God and His Plan...God is this Source that connects all things together...Life seems to go best when we love God, love ourselves, love our neighbors, and love and are forgiving of all the things around us...