Monday, January 04, 2010

Man's Best Friend


You've no doubt heard the expression, "man's best friend." Perhaps you've seen today's news story about the golden retriever that saved the life of an 11 year old boy, by fending off a cougar in the backyard.

Our collie, Trixie, found my sister, who was 2, toddling around the woods, and alerted my parents that she had wandered off at the cottage. This is real life Littlest Hobo stuff!

This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. -John 15:12-13

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. -1 John 3:16-17
How far would you go for a friend?

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