1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
I am in a profession that is famous for coining concise, catchy phrases. "All children can learn." "No child left behind." "It takes a village to raise a child." If I had a nickle for every time one of these or similar phrases have been tossed around staff rooms and board rooms, I would have a much greater net worth.
I tend to be more of a concrete, action-plan type of guy. After so many years in education, inspiring jingles and mottoes tend to leave me a bit flat. There is a danger in that also happening with scriptural references that are bandied about.
"Lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters." A good place to start. A conversation starter, but what does it really mean to "lay down our lives"? Will that look different for each person, or are there some fundamentals that are expected for each Christian?
What goes through your mind with you hear that phrase "lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters"? It is easy to see how Christ did that. His whole life was about others- healing, feeding, teaching and ultimately dieing on the cross. But how does an accountant, principal or homemaker lay down his or her life for others? Not just "willing" to lay down a life. But an actually laying down of a life.
Hmmm. . .
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