Lay it Down

Here we are this week for many Christians it is called Holy Week. For the last six weeks I believe anyway that we have been going through Lent. Many Christians during this period give something up for Lent.

What I have to remind us is that is important to lay down our lives for others in the same manner that Jesu Christ did. Easter is celebrated that he laid his life down for all mankind and that we can have relationship with God. We should follow the same example he did by laying down our lives. For us to truly live our life as a purpose we must consider others before ourselves. Not an easy task because I know that I have to deal with my life on a daily basis. We have to put others before ourselves to truly live as we want to.

So during this Holy Week look to sacrifice your needs about everyone else. Be the servant that Christ was when he walked on the earth. We all have heard the story of the Good Samaritan who helped another while others walked by. The Samaritan’s were not well liked by the Jews and I believe the person he helped was Jewish. Those who walked by thought of themselves as being righteous but when it was time to do something they let their thoughts and feelings get the best of them while the Samaritan didn’t care that this man was considered an enemy to his people he helped anyway. This is the life we need to live not worry whether the person is our friend or not or believes the same religiously or politically. We might have different beliefs but we are all people and in many cases just trying to live the best we can. So whether it is easy or hard let’s lay our lives down today. Tomorrow we will have to look to do the same as well. Not an easy thing to do however we will be rewarded for what we do. Amen!