Man its tough. Trying to understand that at times your only purpose in life to to help others. The selfish impulses that are woven deep inside of us want to take over and push the others out of the way. However, when you are able to swallow pride, develop some patience and provide assistance to others it always seems better in the end.
I know that when I do that I am a better spouse, father, and co worker. So what is it still so difficult to not just chuck those people to the wind and move on with out them? Casting aside a personal agenda for the sake of other seem so fundamentally wrong when we examine ourselves, yet is is the cry of the Christ.
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Matthew 20:16, New International Version, ©2011)
and there’s this
25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. (Matthew 16:25, New International Version, ©2011)
So, today, I am trying to figure out how to lose myself, how to give up on my personal agenda and how to make the others that I am blessed to be around better. Any ideas?