Me or Thee…

Me or Thee…11-1-25

I sat at a young man’s funeral watching a video slide show. Picture after picture appeared on the screen of his children and the man. The love apparent in every photo. I think of our Father's love for us. A love so deep that He sent His own son to endure cruelty like none I can fathom. He suffered at the hands of men that He sought to save from an endless torture in Hell. Every single time I read John 3:16, I am struck again by the overwhelming love that My Father has for me. The love my Jesus has for me. The selfless love that is exhibited through His mercies and grace even to death, and continuing through resurrection and life everlasting. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

I look at my grandson, my family, my friends, and those around me. For me, I see an attitude of “Thee”, not me. But unfortunately in this world, it is a very different view, it is a culture of “me” first. What can I do for me? What do I get from it? What about me? This extends to many parents I know as well. Their children aren’t first in their minds, they are. They continue their life with the focus on them. God didn’t do that. He doesn’t want that for us.

Philippians 2:3-4, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” My husband said to me once that I needed to focus on me occasionally. I do, but, Oh the joy that floods my soul when I focus on others.