E Pluribus Unum

"as He is, 

so are we"

1 John 4:17

When you think of Jesus, what do you think of?  The good Shepherd?  Sacrifice?  Compassion?  Teacher?  Healer?  Leader?

He fed, He washed, He reminded, He encouraged, He challenged and edified and exhorted.

He loved those who were unloved.

He listened to those who had worries or struggles or questions.

He taught Scripture to those who didn't know it, and reminded those who did.

He prayed for those He loved, and for those He didn't love.  Of course, He loved everyone, but if there had been someone He didn't love, He still would have prayed for them.

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So what do you do?  How do you imitate Him?  How do you follow the example He set for us while He was on earth?  None of us can be everything He is, but we can each be something He is.  And each of us will be blessed by one another.

Recently I read an article about a car that went off a mountainous road in an area of Utah called Logan Canyon.  The car carried three kids along with the driver, but when it went off the road, it went into a river, and the driver was unable to free the children.  Fortunately, several other drivers noticed, and came to help.

The children were all saved, and when the driver went to thank those who had helped, he found out the the group included a member of a search-and-rescue team, a retired Navy diver, a respiratory therapist, a chiropractor trained in CPR, and a former police officer.   Not one of them could have done it all, but each of them had something to give in this situation. 

What do you have to give?  Any form of loving your neighbor is like a little bit of Him.  And He adds it together with what someone else has to give.  Don't you just love that He works through us? 

~ "one and the same Spirit

    works all these things...

for as the body is one and has many members,

so also is Christ" ~

1 Corinthians 12:11-12