Romans 12:9

"Let love be without dissimulation.  Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good."
Romans 12:9


This is cool... the footnote tells us that "without dissimulation" means sincere... real.  I like that.  Let love be real. :)  Don't pretend to like people... learn to really like them.  Be in the moment with people instead of thinking about all the things that you have to get done.  The more sincere we are in our love, the more sincere others will be with us... and don't we want our relationships to be real? :)  Even with God I think sometimes we act or talk without thinking... and he patiently waits for us to be real with him.  There are a lot of people that we miss in the course of a day though... we say "hey, how are you?" without waiting for an answer, or really wanting one.  We have entire conversations with people and afterward can't remember a bit of it because we were concentrating on something else.  Try really being present with the people you run into today... see if it makes a difference.  I think we miss a lot of cool things because we aren't paying attention.  And then the second part... hold onto good stuff, don't like the bad stuff.  Pretty plain.  And remember, we can tell.  Sometimes it takes some conscious thought though... which is another reason that we should be present in the situation... learning from people, examining ourselves... and always looking at our bad-o-meters... like radiation sensors.  if it starts to turns colors, you should get out of there fast. :)