08 December 2007

Advent - Friend

Advent Reading from Saturday, December 8 - John 15:9-17

Jesus says, "This is my command: Love each other." Just before saying this, he says, "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."

Is he saying that to love each other we must lay our lives down for each other?

This seems like a lot to ask.

I am spending some time today to think through what this means. Do I lay my life down for my friends? Am I willing to do so?

Maybe this is one of the things Jesus was talking about when he said, "narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

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