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Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends-John 15:13.

I have heard this text many times and it has always had a context of dying for some reason. In other words, no greater love has someone than to die for someone else. To the strongest example, I always looked at Christ as our greatest friend, laying His life down and dying for us.

What about this though?

We live in such a busy world and for me, more and more I see that the greatest asset someone has is their time. By the use of our time, is the greatest way to show people we care.

Now think about Christ. He laid down or in other words…put aside His kingly ‘God’ position in the universe and came to the earth on a mission to bring us back to be with Him. He laid His life down both in death and in priorities.

Do you make time for those around you in your life? When was the last time you laid down your priorities to help someone else. How far do we take this? Do we help someone even if it means we will miss lunch? Even if it means we will miss our final exam? I challenge you to see how you can apply the principal of setting aside your own priorities…selfish or not..and putting others before yourself. We might even say ‘a golden rule’ type lifestyle.