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Friday, November 15, 2019
Yesterday
morning we passed this old truck and wagon along Strasburg
Pike in Lancaster County. It's for rent if you're
interested!
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"Living
The Golden Rule"
Message summary: Today, in your speech and in your actions, keep this attitude foremost in your heart: "In humility consider others better than yourselves."
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"Do to others as you would have them do to you" (Luke 6:31). "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves" (Philippians 2:3).
Daily
prayer: Father,
You have placed Your children in a world where
people push and shove to be first. Because of their
self-importance they clamor for recognition and will
stop at nothing until they get what they want in
life, good or bad. But You've called us to view life
from a perspective that considers others as
important as ourselves. We are to have a humble
attitude that puts You first, others second and
ourselves last in everything we do. In our humanity
this is impossible, but as we are being transformed
into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, we become more
like Him. Our love and consideration for others grow
and we apply the golden rule to our lives where we
do to others as we would have them do to us. May
this relationship rule guide us as we make decisions
that affect others and us. Help us to have the mind
of Christ in all that we do. Amen.
Message summary: Today, in your speech and in your actions, keep this attitude foremost in your heart: "In humility consider others better than yourselves."
Listen
to this
message on your audio player."Do to others as you would have them do to you" (Luke 6:31). "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves" (Philippians 2:3).
Yesterday we saw a
story in reference to the photo on the right. The
unidentified woman took this photo on a recent
flight that showed a pair of dirty feet on her
headrest, dangling just inches above her. Now
that's gross and a stunning example of how not
to practice the Golden Rule!
The Golden Rule
is one of the most familiar sayings from our
Lord. I suppose I first learned it at VBS or
Sunday School as a child in the church my
family attended in Belton, Missouri. Brooksyne
remembers it being posted at her public
elementary school in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Consideration
is the practice of the golden rule in the big and
small details of life; beginning in the home and
extending to all relationships, including public
places such as the grocery store, school, the
workplace and even public transportation.
This month marks the
30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
East Berlin was Communist controlled and West Berlin
was a free country. A wall, built by the East German
government separated the city to prevent the people
from the East escaping to freedom in the west.
I heard a story about an event that took place in Germany during the Cold War before the wall came down. One day some people in East Berlin took a truckload of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin side. The people of West Berlin could have done the same thing. But instead they took a truckload of canned goods, bread, and milk and other goods and neatly stacked it on the East Berlin side. On top of this stack they placed the sign: "EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS." What a subtle yet powerful message and a great example of the Golden Rule.
I heard a story about an event that took place in Germany during the Cold War before the wall came down. One day some people in East Berlin took a truckload of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin side. The people of West Berlin could have done the same thing. But instead they took a truckload of canned goods, bread, and milk and other goods and neatly stacked it on the East Berlin side. On top of this stack they placed the sign: "EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS." What a subtle yet powerful message and a great example of the Golden Rule.
Included in Jesus'
Sermon on the Mount it easily stands out as a simple
principle for thinking not only of oneself but also
treating others fairly. I learned it as, "Do to
others as you would have them do to you" (KJV). The
NASV reads, "In everything, therefore, treat
people the same way you want them to treat you." A
similar expression of the golden rule is found in
Philippians 2:4, "Each of you should look not
only to your own interests, but also to the
interests of others".
But many live with an attitude of "Treat others the same way they have treated you". Today let us consider the Golden Rule in relation to the way we treat one another in small ways.
But many live with an attitude of "Treat others the same way they have treated you". Today let us consider the Golden Rule in relation to the way we treat one another in small ways.
What if the billions of
personal interactions that take place all over the
world today were truly characterized by this golden
rule? Well, that would certainly bring about world
peace but in reality that just isn't going to happen
until the return of the Prince of Peace.
But by God's transforming grace you and I can do something in our little corner of the world. Today, in your speech and in your actions, keep this attitude foremost in your heart: "In humility consider others better than yourselves." When you do so, the Golden Rule will play itself out in your actions without your even giving conscious thought to it.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
But by God's transforming grace you and I can do something in our little corner of the world. Today, in your speech and in your actions, keep this attitude foremost in your heart: "In humility consider others better than yourselves." When you do so, the Golden Rule will play itself out in your actions without your even giving conscious thought to it.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father,
You have placed Your children in a world where
people push and shove to be first. Because of their
self-importance they clamor for recognition and will
stop at nothing until they get what they want in
life, good or bad. But You've called us to view life
from a perspective that considers others as
important as ourselves. We are to have a humble
attitude that puts You first, others second and
ourselves last in everything we do. In our humanity
this is impossible, but as we are being transformed
into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus, we become more
like Him. Our love and consideration for others grow
and we apply the golden rule to our lives where we
do to others as we would have them do to us. May
this relationship rule guide us as we make decisions
that affect others and us. Help us to have the mind
of Christ in all that we do. Amen.
Fall
foliage from Felton Covered Bridge near Santa Cruz, CA
Click to enlarge Our
travels take us through some beautiful and interesting
areas which we often share in our photos. We drive
through covered bridges which are usually one lane,
although years ago we went through one in Indiana that
was two lanes entering into a large state park. Once I
approached a covered bridge here in Lancaster County and
just as I was preparing to enter another car approached
from the opposite side. With no means to communicate, we
both backed up to yield and waited for the other to
proceed. Finally I passed through as it was evident that
the other driver was insisting on being the more
considerate one! I rolled down my window as I passed,
waved and mouthed "Thank You" as he smiled and
responded, "You're welcome". It occurred to me that this
is a small microcosm of what our attitudes should be
toward one another.
I saw these
corn shocks are in a farm field behind Val-Co north of
New Holland, PA
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Yesterday
I visited with Mario, a Costa Rican immigrant who
works at Val-Co, and is very vocal about his faith in
Christ.
Today's
Suggested Music and
Supplemental Resources
Never Lose The Golden
Rule
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby
1. Never lose the golden
rule,
Keep it still in view;
Do to others as you would
They should do to you.
Kindly, gently,
In their burden bear a part,
Meekly chiding
With a loving heart.
Refrain
Never lose the golden rule,
Keep it still in view;
Do to others as you would
They should do to you.
2. Help the feeble ones along,
Cheer the faint and weak;
To the sorrow-laden heart
Words of comfort speak.
Freely, freely,
From the bounty of your store,
Cheerful givers,
Help the humbler poor. [Refrain]
3. Love the Lord, the first command,
With thy soul and mind;
Love thy neighbor as thyself,
Both in one combined.
Justly, justly,
With each other strive to live,
Ever ready,
Willing to forgive. [Refrain]
Keep it still in view;
Do to others as you would
They should do to you.
Kindly, gently,
In their burden bear a part,
Meekly chiding
With a loving heart.
Refrain
Never lose the golden rule,
Keep it still in view;
Do to others as you would
They should do to you.
2. Help the feeble ones along,
Cheer the faint and weak;
To the sorrow-laden heart
Words of comfort speak.
Freely, freely,
From the bounty of your store,
Cheerful givers,
Help the humbler poor. [Refrain]
3. Love the Lord, the first command,
With thy soul and mind;
Love thy neighbor as thyself,
Both in one combined.
Justly, justly,
With each other strive to live,
Ever ready,
Willing to forgive. [Refrain]
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