I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 2nd of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 19:18:

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord.”

When the Lord says, “I am the Lord”, it is a serious commandment. Then we go straight to the Book of Mark 12:31:

”And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The second greatest commandment in the Bible, after loving God, is to love your neighbour, to love him as you love yourself. That is quite a commandment. If you look in the Book of Leviticus, it talks about having no grudge against your neighbour. I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the literal meaning of the word, “grudge” and grudge means, “persistent feeling of ill-will or resentment, resulting from a past injury or insult.” 

Now, as we go into a brand spanking new year, let us let go of any issue that we have with our neighbour, because it is baggage, it is heavy and it just weighs us down. Just let it go. “Ja, but Angus, I can’t. You know my father and mother have preferred my brother or my sister more than me.” Well, that is what you think, but you don’t really know, do you? Maybe what you didn’t understand was, you had tremendous giftings and your brother or your sister didn’t have that, so mom and dad tried to compensate to help your brother or your sister. They love you just the same. 

Remember the prodigal son when he came back and he had wasted all his money. His father was so happy to see him come back, remember? But the older brother was very upset. He said, “You didn’t even give us a little goat that we could sacrifice, and you killed the fattest calf for my brother, who has been out, wasting his life. Remember what the father said, “Aah but, I have got you and all my inheritance is yours! I am just trying to help your brother.”

Today, let it go and let us start to live a brand-new year without any resentment or ill-feeling towards anyone else for any past issue. Leave it at the foot of the Cross and press on.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.