Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

There's a reason I didn't name this blog Kristina's photography blog.  Of course photography has a huge thread and motivator for it, but sometimes photos are just reminders of where we've been, where we are, or where we want to be.  

I posted a photo on Facebook that I took of a necklace that I found.  I had been looking for a key charm necklace.  My heart has been shattered into 1,000 pieces recently.  I gave away the key to my heart, I wanted a metaphor that I got it back and held it close to me.  I wore the necklace almost an entire day before realizing it had a biblical verse on it.  "Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart" - Luke 10:27

What I have come to realize today is that there is more to the verse, as it reads below:

He answered, "Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." - Luke 10:27

Loving your neighbor is a challenge, let alone loving them as yourself.  I think it is easier to love a stranger than being able to love someone that has caused pain or done harm.  I'm humbled and confused.  A lesson I apparently needed.  The same day that I found a video clip about praying boldly and asking for big things.  

I don't understand why these concepts are coming into my life now, but I'm listening.