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Love . . . is not self-seeking.\u30001 Corinthians 13:4,5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It was not a very long piece on the TV news. I don\u2019t even recall the mother\u2019s name. But what she does and why she is doing it, I will not soon forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news piece is about this disastrous earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath. It centers on a mother and her young children. Their small house is now rubble. The mother does not know what they are going to eat. She does not know what they are going to drink. She does not know where they are going to live. And she finds herself surrounded by thousands of people who are wondering the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At present she and her children are living in the open, sitting and resting on a blanket. But as she sits with her children, the mother is doing a strange thing. She\u2019s continually smiling and talking cheerfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone from the news crew finally asks her why she\u2019s smiling so much. Her response is sober and direct. \u201cIt\u2019s for my children,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage like that quickly reminds us of what love is. Love is not about me. It\u2019s not about my needs. It\u2019s not about indulging my fears, fulfilling my dreams, or protecting my self-esteem. It\u2019s about others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old, sinful self inside me does not like that. It does not like that one bit. Left to my own instincts, my life would be all about me until there was nothing left but me. And ultimately, there I would exist isolated, alone, and in the outer darkness of hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jesus came. He came for me. He lived a perfect life for me. He suffered and died for my every failure. And now he lives for me. Because of him, my life is different. I am different. My slavery to self is done. And now I can really love because, through Jesus, it\u2019s not about me. It\u2019s about others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer: <\/strong>Lord Jesus, love is not about me. It\u2019s about others. Forgive my failures. Empower me to love as you have loved me. Amen.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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