Scripture Reading
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
Reflection
On Veterans Day we pause to honor those who placed the lives of strangers above their own safety, embodying in flesh and blood the love Jesus described. Their sacrifice does not save us in the way Christ's sacrifice does, but it reflects a nobility that calls us to examine our own willingness to give. What do you hold so tightly that you are unwilling to lay it down for another? True love is measured by what it costs.
Prayer for Today
Father, I am empty. But you are my rescuer, my cup-filler. You are the joy of my heart, my only hope. I come to you asking for moremore of your power, more of your strength, more of your renewal. Take my heartaches and pains. Take my grief and my exhaustion. Take it and renew me. Amen.
Amen.