{"id":3830,"date":"2022-06-20T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2022-06-18T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T00:30:42","slug":"the-greater-influence-of-loving-your-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/the-greater-influence-of-loving-your-neighbor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greater Influence of Loving Your Neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently attended my son\u2019s Master\u2019s degree defense. It was the culmination of years of study and work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Needless to say, I was proud of him.<\/p>\n

Receiving a Master\u2019s degree is an accomplishment!<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t this educational achievement of which I was most proud.<\/b><\/p>\n

Aside from the three professors who would be judging his work, the room filled with friends who came to support him.<\/p>\n

As I visited and got to know his friends, each of them expressed the same thing:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love Jacob!\u201d<\/p>\n

One after another expressed to me, their appreciation, and love for him, and how much they\u2019d miss him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of these individuals were from his engineering program. Others were from his church group. Others were next door neighbors. Some were English majors, football players, doctorate students. They were from different backgrounds and studying different subjects.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t all know each other, but they all had one thing in common-their love and appreciation of my son.<\/b><\/p>\n

I saw in these friends the physical representation of what it means to love your neighbor.<\/p>\n

I saw the influence that one good man has on countless others, how the love and care he extended to others was recognized and returned in like manner.<\/p>\n

The world may praise and honor his achievement of an advanced educational degree while perhaps not acknowledging his goodness of heart and character.<\/p>\n

And yet, I recognized, as did others, what really deserves praise and honor.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the educational achievements, or recognition of man that impact others the most.<\/p>\n

Rather, it is the strength of character, goodness of heart, and loving one\u2019s neighbor that has the greatest influence on others.<\/b><\/p>\n

Much love,<\/p>\n

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I recently attended my son\u2019s Master\u2019s degree defense. It was the culmination of years of study and work.\u00a0 Needless to say, I was proud of him. Receiving a Master\u2019s degree is an accomplishment! But it wasn\u2019t this educational achievement of…<\/p>\n

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