In today’s Daily Reflection we explore last words and the radical meaning of Jesus’ final command to love one another as He loved us—a challenging call to self-sacrificial commitment rather than easy feelings. "The last words we speak matter. In an ideal world, they're weighty and memorable, cementing our legacy."As Jesus spends his last evening with his disciples before his death and resurrection. He leaves them with a parting desire that weaves its way throughout their conversation."
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00:00the chibi news daily reflection hello i'm micah vicar in east sussex so any last words the last
00:13words we speak matter in an ideal world they're weighty and memorable cementing our legacy
00:20as jesus spends his last evening with his disciples before his death and resurrection
00:24he leaves them with a parting desire that weaves its way throughout their conversation
00:31love one another as i have loved you before knowing jesus for myself i used to think of those
00:38words as inane and bland the kind of thing that barney the dinosaur would say but then i realized
00:45how radical the concept is christian love is not mere warm feelings when the sun is shining
00:53but the commitment to lay my life down for the sake of those for whom christ laid his life down
01:01gk chesterton once wrote that the christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting
01:07it has been found difficult and left untried