“To pour myself out for others. . . . To pay the ultimate price of martyrdom – I’ll do it. I’m ready, Lord, to go out in a blaze of glory.” - Fred Craddock
Commentary (not mine)
We think giving our all to the Lord is like taking a $1,000 bill and laying it on the table–- “Here’s my life, Lord. I’m giving it all.”
But the reality for most of us is that he sends us to the bank and has us cash in the $1,000 for quarters. We go through life putting out 25 cents here and 25 cents there. Listen to the neighbor kid’s troubles instead of saying, “Get lost.” Go to a committee meeting. Give a cup of water to a shaky old man in a nursing home.
Usually giving our life for Christ isn’t glorious. It’s done in all those little acts of love, 25 cents at a time. It would be easy to go out in a flash of glory; it’s harder to live the Christian life little by little over the long haul.
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