Life is life

[James_Tyler]

Jesus tells us that there is no greater love than to sacrifice one’s life for another. There are some implications in that statement I think. I was thinking about if you had a mate that you loved very much and how difficult it might be to lay down your life because you also lay down all that desire you have for the future with them. If you had no mate would that make it easier? If a person who had very little in terms of personal relationships and other things laying down less than one who does have them? Does the one who has more have greater love than the one who has less? I take Jesus to tell the truth. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s own life for another. He makes no difference in what the person has. Life is life. The one who has little sacrifices the same as the one who has much. Life. Anyone who sacrifices his own life for another has as great of love as Jesus. There is no greater love. Life is life. No one’s life is worth less than anyone else’s life.

 

[Sacred_Heart_1]

Jesus tells us that there is no greater love than to sacrifice one’s life for another. There are some implications in that statement I think. I was thinking about if you had a mate that you loved very much and how difficult it might be to lay down your life because you also lay down all that desire you have for the future with them. If you had no mate would that make it easier? If a person who had very little in terms of personal relationships and other things laying down less than one who does have them? Does the one who has more have greater love than the one who has less? I take Jesus to tell the truth. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s own life for another. He makes no difference in what the person has. Life is life. The one who has little sacrifices the same as the one who has much. Life. Anyone who sacrifices his own life for another has as great of love as Jesus. There is no greater love. Life is life. No one’s life is worth less than anyone else’s life.

Only those who seek righteousness through the Son of Man can lay down their lives for another.

Can you lay down your life for a stranger? What about someone you hate?

Can you run into a burning building to save the life of a stranger that you hate?

If the answer is no then what do you truly lay down for another? Even your loved ones?

The more a person has the harder it is to bear the cross because you are unwilling to lay down your life if you have more to lose.

 

[fisherman_carl]

Jesus tells us that there is no greater love than to sacrifice one’s life for another. There are some implications in that statement I think. I was thinking about if you had a mate that you loved very much and how difficult it might be to lay down your life because you also lay down all that desire you have for the future with them. If you had no mate would that make it easier? If a person who had very little in terms of personal relationships and other things laying down less than one who does have them? Does the one who has more have greater love than the one who has less? I take Jesus to tell the truth. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s own life for another. He makes no difference in what the person has. Life is life. The one who has little sacrifices the same as the one who has much. Life. Anyone who sacrifices his own life for another has as great of love as Jesus. There is no greater love. Life is life. No one’s life is worth less than anyone else’s life.

Yes.

I think it just means that the giving of your life for another is the most that you can do for another person. And therefore there is no greater thing you can do to show your love for another. There is nothing greater that you can give. In this Jesus shows us the depths of his love for us.

Now, of course no one has greater love than Jesus, who is God and perfect love. He is simply stating that you can not give more than your own life for another. If you give your life you give everything you have.

Now, we can give our lives for others in different ways, not just dying. We can die to ourselves, and take up our crosses.

 

[Vic_Taltrees_UK]

The way to “give up our lives” is to intercede and supplicate for those in need (including ourselves - admitting our needs).

It starts small.

For me, it is muttering Our Fathers while I do something. If I catch myself stopping, I re-start.

Small is the new big.

Hoping that helps.