Priorities

Mark 12:28-31

The First Commandment

One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The first

and the greatest

but also the most difficult

Love

with all your heart

with all your soul 

with all your mind

with all your strength

And 

Love your neighbour 

Heart, soul, mind and strength

consume us.

This command leaves no room

for omission

but demands

wholesale embrace.

For nothing less

will do.

The first

the greatest

demands all.