No Greater Love
John 15:12-14: This is
my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay
down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command
you.
The twins and I were visiting my parents. It was a beautiful spring day and my mother,
the children and myself had just returned to their home after a wonderful
morning excursion. As is our custom, we
were out in the yard, adoring the new flowers in bloom and taking in the fresh
air. One of my mother's flowers was so
beautiful, I dashed for the car to get
my camera so that I might capture its elegance.
As I rushed to the car, I yelled back to my two year old children to stay with
their Mema until I returned. My daughter
obeyed my command; however, my son did not.
Before I knew it, he was running behind me and within seconds he had run
past me towards the busy highway.
Immediately, I dropped everything to run
behind him and it seemed as though time sped up as I raced to grab my son
before he reached the street. Time
won. He was in the middle of the road
and as I reached to grab him, I fell and we were both lying in the road in the
hands of fate... I needed to move quickly;
however, gravity seemed to hold us to the pavement. The events of my life surged through my consciousness. In an instant my son and I were released from
the earth's grasp and I leaped out of the road.
Within minutes several cars flashed by...
I almost died in an attempt to save my son. As I realized this, the magnitude of Jesus'
sacrifice hit me like a ton of bricks.
WOW!!! Jesus laid down his life
not just for one of us but for all of creation.
Given my love for my son, I did not hesitate to reach to save his
life. God's love for us is greater than
this.
Prayer: God your love for us surpasses a mother's love for her children. Your love for us is pure. Thank you so much. Now teach us how to love one another in a way
that attributes to your feelings for us.
Amen.
THE REVEREND TIFFNEY MARLEY
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