Investment and Return
There is not doubt, the most valuable investment in another's life is the investment of love. To be able to love with the love of Christ. Investment of being a close friend in and out of difficult times. A friend that excepts you as you are, loves you for who you are and not what you do.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. John 15:13
This perplexes me; transcending love prospers within a vicious, self centered, me generation world.
I spoke to my little ones about the light of Christ in them and being the salt of the earth. (Matthew 5). They really liked licking the salt in their hands! And they understood the light in them! We also like salt; even more so...we love salt. If we can sprinkle a little here and a little there into someones life....that's communion....sharing Christ's unconditional love together.
Find a friend with this transcending love; if you look hard enough you'll find Christ.
A valuable investment
The return...priceless.
Priceless...watching a young child not long out of diapers excitedly run to join a circle to pray with his eyes tightly closed and leads the prayer, without being asked, with an understanding (not programmed) and an innocence that we as adults have lost. May we never punish a child for moving in the strength of these wonderful gifts the Lord has put into them. May we be like these little ones so we can understand His love.
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