Ephesians 5:1-2 – Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
When life throws you a curve ball
Excruciating pain of the loss of a loved one is an unbearable constant
When suffering overwhelms, even seems to consume you
What do you do?
Be like Me says He who wept at the tomb of His friend
And know that He understands your pain and loves you anyways
When challenges of life seem to pile up against you
People don’t understand and conflict meets you at every corner
When people you have served, turn against you, the hurt is real
What do you do?
Be like Me says He, who knew loneliness
Betrayed by His closest friends, He chose to loved them anyways
Be like me says He who sets us a divine example
Urging us to grow in His likeness
Be like Me says He, the Creator, the Holy One
Who knew no sin, but suffered, bled and died
To save you and me from death, eternal
Be like Me says He who loves as the Gentle Shepherd
Who laid down His life for each of His sheep
Be like Me says He the Prince of peace, who reviled by His own
Yet humbled Himself, quietly bore it all
That you and I may be with Him, in eternity
To be like Him is to love the unlovable
To be like Him is to be choose to submit in humility
To be like Him is to choose peace in conflict
To be like Him is to choose faith over fear
While resting in Him who does work all things together
As we in His likeness grow, whose call to us is ‘Be like Me!’
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