Jesus told his dis­ci­ples on the eve before his cru­ci­fix­ion, “This is my com­mand­ment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” And in order to make clear what he meant by love — and cer­tainly with his own suf­fer­ing on his mind — he clar­i­fied his point by say­ing “Greater love has no one than this, that some­one lay down his life for his friends” (John 15.12–13).

We have an exam­ple of this kind of love in our midst. Lind­say Steege, the daugh­ter of Chuck and Sue Steege laid down her — well — kid­ney for her sis­ter in the faith, Rachael Buck­ley. You can read more about their story here: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/what_happened/Nice-To-Meet-You-Take-My-Kidney.html. Are you will­ing to fol­low their good example?

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