Love your
neighbor, as yourself.
- Jesus
Won't you be
my neighbor?
- Fred Rogers
Jesus said, quoting Scriptures, to “love
God, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.” That’s the first quote in the post
followed by “Won't you be my neighbor?” The latter was a question Fred
Rogers sang in the opening theme song to his old children’s TV program. Fred
passed away back in 2003, but I am pretty sure he knew the Jesus quote quite well,
trust me on that one. I don’t know if we understand Jesus these days, although
many of us can quote him easily. I mean sometimes our actions don’t seem to
reflect an interpretation of Jesus’ words. Of course, we all usually get away
with our wrongful actions by using the excuse that nobody is perfect, and yes
that is true.
I don’t want to make this post long
and complicated. But, in a world where many of us probably find it difficult to
love our neighbor for many justifiable reasons perhaps, it seems like a breath
of fresh air to hear someone sing an invitation to anyone out there to become
their neighbor. Fred would sing that to anyone who would listen. Of course, if
we all said this to everyone knowing that Jesus wanted us to love our neighbor,
it really takes the application of the saying a step above, or as they say now
days “above and beyond.” Blessings, and won’t you be my neighbor?