What would you do for those you love?
Would you wash them when they are dirty, especially when
they are unable to wash themselves?
Maybe, love looks like a father giving a two year old a
bath, or an adult child washing off the crippled, arthritic joints of their failing
parent.
Maybe, love looks like a Savior bending down to wash some
dirty feet, or reaching in and cleaning off a dirty soul.
What would you do for those you love?
Would you feed the ones who do not deserve it?
Maybe, love looks like inviting your enemy to your dinner
table…inviting the robber to sit down and have their fill of ham, mashed
potatoes, and cupcakes frosted lovingly and carefully to look like Easter eggs.
Maybe, love looks like a Savior who sits at the table and
eats with the one who betrayed him.
What would you do for those you love?
Would you choose to take the punishment that was clearly
headed someone else’s way?
Maybe, love looks like the kid who takes the punishment due
a friend so that the friend, who rarely gets a break in life, can go outside
and play at recess. Maybe love look like
a priest who gives up his ventilator, and his life, in order to save the young
man who is suffering the complications from a world crippling illness.
Maybe, love looks like a Savoir who gets up from the table,
gets up from the anguishing prayers of the garden, and goes to the cross,
taking on our death so that we may have life.
Maybe, love looks like a savior who dies for his friends; a savior who
dies for the world.
What would you do if you knew you were loved? What would you do if you knew that the love
you were given would never disappear?
What would you do if you knew that you would never be snatched away from
the hand of the one who loved you?
Maybe, such love would become a part of your life. Maybe, such love would become a part of who
you are. Maybe, you would love others
just as your Savoir loved you. Maybe,
the world could live at peace, resting in the love of Jesus Christ our Savoir.
No comments:
Post a Comment