Scripture reading
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
–Mark 12:30
Thought of the Day
Robert Schuler tells the story about a missionary that was a member of his staff who served over forty years in ministry to the people of China. On his retirement, the missionary received a love letter from one of his many friends in China. The card had these awesome words of faith and love.
We remember you as a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, and a hand through which Christ works.
What great words to have been written about you. Obviously the missionary was someone who exemplified Christ in all that he did. He was someone who thinks as Christ thinks, someone who loves as Christ loves, and someone who does the work of Christ. How might our world change if we all were like that missionary? Let’s find out.
Prayer
Lord, use me to change the world. Amen.