Paul said it this way: “Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.”

The Pharisees asked Jesus what the greatest commandment was, and he answered:

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” And Jesus then added a second command: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

We are eager to utter urgent prayers for the Lord’s help. Sometimes his answer includes, “Look at your neighbor in need.”

What if our job is not to convince, but just to love? What if all we know is a barrier to learning what will really impact our neighbor?

It was the middle of the night, and my oldest daughter, a teenager at the time, woke me up distressed and confused. “Dad, I think there is a horse outside my window,” she said.