Every now and then we hear stories about heroes. Military, civil servants, and civilian heroes. Stories where they put others before themselves. Without hesitation. Literally sacrificing their lives to save another. Read that again. People who literally gave their lives so another could live. Their last actions on earth were saving others. And there\u2019s a good chance many of them realized this. That they were not going to make it out of the situation. That\u2019s amazing. No question. Simply amazing. Does that sound like any other sacrifice that we know of? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously, you probably realize I\u2019m comparing this to the sacrifice that Jesus made. His last action on earth was to die for us all. That\u2019s quite possibly the greatest action ever taken by a man. Ever! He went to the cross for us all. There is no doubt that\u2019s pretty amazing. And what\u2019s even more amazing, is the fact that he still had us on his mind as he died. Because he loved us. He loves us now. He\u2019s going to always love us. Could you do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would like to think that I would lay my life down for my family. My wife. My kids. My grandkids. That I would be willing to take their place if it came to that. The Bible tells us that there is no greater love. So I would hope that I would be able to do so if ever I needed to. But would I really? What a tough question. And what a tough question it would be if one of them had betrayed me. Just as Jesus was betrayed. Would I still be willing to do so in that situation? Now, I\u2019m not comparing myself to Jesus. But, I am saying that we should all follow his example for us. Should we die for somebody else? That\u2019s for you to decide. Should we love others like Jesus? The answer to that is always going to be most definitely YES. So today, let\u2019s work on loving others like Jesus loves us. I know that may be hard. It\u2019s hard for me. But we should be doing so. Let\u2019s follow his example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every now and then we hear stories about heroes. Military, civil servants, and civilian heroes. Stories where they put others before themselves. Without hesitation. Literally sacrificing their lives to save another. Read that again. People who literally gave their lives so another could live. Their last actions on earth were saving others. And there\u2019s a … <\/p>\n