WARNING
PREACHY… (preaching to the choir)
In his excellent book Six Word Lessons to Discover Missional Living[1], Dr.
DeVries wrote in the fourth chapter “Love people until they ask why.”
In 1994 I moved to N.J. for work and I met a young family that basically
adopted me and gave me a segregate family since mine was so far away. I was a 23 year old kid from Detroit and yet
they still took me in as one of their own.
Even to this day I am amazed that they loved me as they did. They loved me because they were Christian and
through their love I saw clearly the reality of Jesus and I became His
disciple. All these years later I’m
still amazed because it could have gone badly for them as I was quite rough
around the edges if the Jesus bit hadn’t stuck.
I never needed to ask “why” they loved me but because they did my life
was radically transformed with a visible demonstration of Jesus.
I’m personally challenged by DeVries’ fourth lesson as I know that the
love of Jesus is sacrificial in nature and I struggle to love others as He
first loved me. So I suggest that you get a copy of DeVries’ book as it is sure to challenge you to develop the mind and mission
of our Lord.
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