Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: `Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: `Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
(Mark 12:29-31 NLT)

God designs us. We are all wired a certain way. What we have in common you could call, “The essense of our humanity.” Or, “the dimensions of our existence.” What makes a person a person? 

Jesus gives us an understanding of what our human nature is made of in his answer to a lawyer’s question, “What is the most important commandment?”

‘Love God and neighbor with everything you are.’

What are we?

Jesus breaks it down to five parts:

Heart

Soul

Mind

Strength (body)

Neighbor (social dimension)

If I can understand what makes me human, then I can begin to see how transformation affects all parts of my life. Let’s look at each of these dimensions and their relationship to spiritual formation. Tomorrow we begin with “heart.”

Think on the word, “dimension.”

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