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/​p​h​i​l​l​y​/​b​l​o​g​s​/​w​h​a​t​_​h​a​p​p​e​n​e​d​/​N​i​c​e​-​T​o​-​M​e​e​t​-​Y​o​u​-​T​a​k​e​-​M​y​-​K​i​d​n​e​y​.​h​tml. Are you will­ing to fol­low their good example?

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