The other day I was reading in Mark for my quiet time. I read Mark 10:21 and something jumped off the page at me. The passage is talking about a rich young man who comes to Jesus and asks him what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus gives him a list of commands to keep knowing that it was impossible for anyone to actually keep them all. The man says he's kept them all since he was young. At this point, "Jesus looked at him and loved him." This is the phrase that jumped out to me. Two things came to mind when I read this.
1. Jesus loves me the same way he loved that young man. He sees me every day and loves me. How often do I take this for granted? Do I rest in His love or do I forget what it feels like to be loved because I fill my time with the worries and anxieties of this life?
2. I should love people like Jesus did. I want to look at people and love them. Not for what I can get out of the relationship or for any other reason than Jesus loves me and tells me to love others.
Hopefully this encourages you as it did me. This Christmas season how can you love those around you? Remember the true reason for the season and the love that God showed us by sending his son Jesus to earth.
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