MercyMe - The Generous Mr. Lovewell

One little kind deed can make a huge impact on someone's life. You never know when a kind word or just randomly doing something nice can make somebody's day. And as unfortunate as it is, this often gets overlooked because of how self-centered our world is. Love doesn't have to be a hard thing all the time, and it doesn't get much easier than this. This is the kind of love that we can show to anyone pretty much anytime.

Of course, it can work both ways. A simple negative comment that we don't think much about can have a negative affect on somebody. We can simply get caught up in thinking about ourselves and stop looking around at the people we are called to love. By putting our focus on Christ and his command to love others rather than on ourselves, we will begin to see ways to love others easier. We are told in Matthew 22:39, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Think about the selfish tendencies we all have for ourselves, and then picture treating those around us in the way that we would ourselves, even if that means sacrificing our needs sometimes. Is it really that much to ask, given how Jesus loved us?