I was trying to teach my son the yesterday how to ride his bike and he was getting very upset. Not upset sad cause he was having trouble but he was MAD! He wanted to be able to sit on the seat of the bike and put his feet on the pedals and have the bike sit there for him (without training wheels) till he was ready to pedal and not fall over. I tried to explain to him that it doesn’t work like that. I knelt beside him and calmed him down and explained to him how he had to approach riding a bicycle. He didn’t understand at first but once he started following my directions he started to get the hang of it. He still has a way to go but he will get there. I would run along his side holding my arms out and guiding him as little as possible so that he could do it on his own. That’s kinda how I see God. He loves us, he doesn’t want us to fall or get hurt but he wants us to be able to live on our own. He sent Jesus to teach us how to live and to help stay clear of harm and he sends us the Holy Spirit to guide us in times of need. He is like a loving father, he knows that sometimes we have to skin a knee to learn a lesson. I am sure that it hurts him as much as it hurts me to see my son fall but its the only way he will learn. I could be selfish and devote my free time to hobbies or watching TV but I instead have chosen a live of serving. I serve my family, friends and everyone else I meet. I love like Jesus taught. I love my “neighbors” like I love myself, and to love is to serve.
Matthew 20:20-28
20Then the mother of the sons of Zeb'edee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. 21And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom." 22But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able." 23He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." 24And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. 25But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. 26It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; 28even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
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