It seems that love is in short supply these days. We are willing to cut off relationships because our needs are not met. We are willing to attack opposing views because they do not agree with our own. We make demands on how other people, businesses, leaders, and politicians should act and what they should say. We seem to be unable to move from our self-centered points of view and try to understand others. And we are certainly unwilling to sacrifice our comfort as an act of love for others.
In John 15:13 Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” What are you willing to sacrifice for your friends? What are you willing to sacrifice in devotion to God? Jesus gave His life that we might receive salvation and redemption, in other words, that we might live. Can we just think for a moment about the welfare of others and show love by sacrificing a little of our comfort to meet their needs?
Reluctant Retiree 