Article January 27, 1992 Issue

Is selectivity limiting your love for others?

Loving our neighbor isn't always easy. But it's always possible when we know how to love.

Marjorie C. Stephens

It is easy to care about people we love. We enjoy thinking of ways of being loving and lovable. But what about people we don't like or are offended by? To be kind and loving may seem not only difficult but inconceivable!

When we think about it, though, isn't this selective love? Aren't we deciding who should be the object of our love? Aren't we judging if they are worthy of our love?

Through the study of Christian Science we learn that God is Love and that the love of Love, God's love, is not discriminatory but universal. We learn that each of us, in his or her true selfhood, is God's spiritual image and likeness. As we begin to realize that we are God's spiritual reflection and therefore the very manifestation, or expression, of Love itself, we can comprehend that universal love constitutes our nature too.

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