It’s Thursday. Anyone around you is your neighbor. Who will you see today? Today’s focus is your neighbor.  Follow this pattern for Thursday: John 15:13

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.”

We know this standard.  Jesus defined love by sacrifice.  This is cross-born love.   Selfless giving.  This is “put your life on the line” love. It’s gritty and bloody.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (Jn. 15:12)

It’s just like the one-way directional flow of a plant to fruit.  This is one-way love. It’s oriented toward “the other.” One-way love gives and doesn’t take.  It asks for nothing in return.  Now you have an idea of the fruit you are to bear.  Now, gazing at Jesus, you know what love looks like.