Loving Like Jesus 学习耶稣的爱
Dexu Xia
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
While waiting for a train at a station in Atlanta, Georgia, a young man wearing dress pants and a button-down shirt sat on a bench. As he struggled with his tie, an older woman encouraged her husband to help. When the elderly man hunched over and began teaching the young man how to knot the tie, a stranger took a photo of the trio. When this photo went viral online, many viewers left comments about the power of random acts of kindness.
For believers in Jesus, kindness to others reflects the self-sacrificing care that He showed for people like us. It’s an expression of God’s love and what He desired His disciples to live out: “We should love one another” (1 John 3:11 emphasis added). John equates hating a brother or sister to murder (v. 15). Then he turns to Christ as an example of love in action (v. 16).
It doesn’t have to be an extravagant display of sacrifice. Selfless love simply requires us to acknowledge the value of all God’s image-bearers by placing their needs above our own . . . every day. Those seemingly ordinary moments when we care enough to notice the needs of others and do what we can to help are selfless when we’re motivated by love. When we see beyond our personal space, step out of our comfort zones to serve others, and give—especially when we don’t have to give—we’re loving like Jesus.
By: Xochitl Dixon
When have you experienced selfless love from someone? How can you love others selflessly this week?
Loving Father, please help me see people with a heart ready to extend compassion and selfless love wherever You send me
小子们哪，我们相爱，不要只在言语和舌头上，总要在行为和诚实上。—约翰一书3章18节
在美国乔治亚州亚特兰大的一个火车站内，有个年轻人坐在月台的长椅上等车。他身穿长袖衬衫和西装裤，却一直打不好他的领带。一位年长的女士见状，便鼓励她丈夫前去帮忙。当老先生弯下腰、手把手地教年轻人打领带时，这温馨的一幕被路人拍了下来。这张照片在网络上迅速流传，许多网民纷纷留言，肯定了这不经意的善举带来的力量。
对于基督徒而言，善待他人反映了基督对你我那份自我牺牲的爱。这表达了上帝的慈爱，也是祂渴望祂的门徒能活出的生命，那就是“我们应当彼此相爱”（约翰一书3章11节）。约翰说凡憎恨弟兄或姐妹的，就是杀人的（15节），接着他以基督爱的行动为榜样来勉励我们（16节）。
无私的爱不一定需要轰轰烈烈的牺牲，它只是需要我们承认所有拥有上帝形象的人都是宝贵的，将他们的需要放在自己的需要之上，而且天天如此。在那些不经意的时刻，我们因为心中有爱而会关注别人的需要，并尽所能伸出援手，这就是无私。尤其是在没有人要求我们这么做的时候，我们愿意不计个人得失，走出自己的舒适圈去服事人、为别人付出，我们便是学习像耶稣那样去爱他人。
作者： 邓书琪
你何时曾经历他人无私的爱？
本周，你如何为他人付出这样的爱？
慈爱的天父，无论祢差我到哪里去，
求祢帮助我看见人们的需要，
并能以祢的怜悯和无私的爱去关怀他们