Day 36. Loving others on the road of life.

I was traveling down a two lane highway the other week when I was passed by a small car traveling at a very high rate of speed. Ironically, the young man driving this car pulled in front of me at the same moment we passed a white cross on the right hand side of the road. Sometimes when we are young, we don't think about how fragile life on this earth can be (or when we are older for that matter). With a lack of respect and healthy fear life's fragility, also comes a willingness to make decisions that don't regard the safety of others. Granted, I'm sure all of you reading this are safe drivers, or at least you plan to be when you finally reach your sweet 16. But consider other areas of your life which require consideration for others. We all have hopes, goals, dreams, plans, whatever you want to call them. Whether something simple, like planning to get something out of the fridge a moment after your brother or sister do the same thing. Or maybe we plan to take the afternoon to loaf, but Mom or Dad are busy working at something around the house. Whatever the case think about this: Isn't the second greatest command to "love our neighbor as ourself"? (Mark 12:31). And didn't Jesus say that others would be able to identify His disciples by their love for one another? (Mark 12:31) Perhaps today, you can look for opportunities to live and travel on your road of life thinking of others above yourself, loving others as much as you love yourself, and by doing so bring another cross into view for those around you traveling down the road of life.