Acts 15:22-31 / John 15:12-17
It is understandable that we have the tendency to do what is easy.
After all, why would we choose to do what is challenging and difficult?
To put it bluntly, we tend to be lazy and choose what is easy, or even to do nothing at all.
But when we try to avoid challenges and difficulties, we will miss out something important in life.
We will not find meaning and direction in life, and after a while we might even feel lethargic and melancholic about life.
In the gospel, Jesus gave us a commandment, and that is to love one another, as He has loved us.
Loving others can be challenging and difficult.
It can also be tiring and even seem like a thankless task.
But we know that Jesus loved us and He even laid down His life for us.
As we ponder about life and love, we will also remember what Jesus said about life.
If we want to save our lives, we will lose it.
But when we offer our lives to serve and to love others, we will gain meaning and direction.
And most of all, we will gain blessings from God, and we will also see how beautiful life and love is.