{"id":22196,"date":"2024-06-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/urc\/daily-devotion-for-friday-28th-june-2024"},"modified":"2024-06-28T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:00:00","slug":"daily-devotion-for-friday-28th-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/daily-devotion-for-friday-28th-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion for Friday 28th June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 13, 34-35<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus said: \u201cI give you a new commandment\u2014to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples\u2014if you have love for one another.\u201d <\/p>\n

Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld wrote about always treating other people\u2019s good as the aim of one\u2019s life and never using others as a means to one\u2019s own ends. He said that we should let ourselves be used as a tool for \u201cthat in me that is more than me\u201d, in other words as a tool for God. He talked about the simplicity of goodness, of always being there for others and never just for oneself.<\/p>\n

The big picture so often confuses the small one. Without the humility and warmth you need in the relationship with every person whose life you touch, you can\u2019t do anything for the many. Otherwise your actions will become do-gooding, things we do to make ourselves look and feel good. What is required is that what is done for others is done with overflowing love.<\/p>\n

Love brings no profit, there is nothing to be gained in exchange. It just exists<\/p>\n

Like the little flower on the way up to the mountain again, the small, everyday acts of self-giving love may seem to be overshadowed by bigger things. Doing great deeds \u201cfor humanity\u201d may seem far more important than the little things we do for those we know and meet along the way. But in the small acts which are truly done out of love, we are passing on that drink with which our cup is filled anew each morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoodness is something so simple,\u201d said Hammarskj\u00f6ld, \u201cit is always being there for others, never seeking our own good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prayer<\/strong>
Lord, we are always so good at judging other people: 
if they make a mistake, we say, 
\u201cThere! I knew it all along!\u201d 
Help us to remember that you are the only fair judge.
May we always look at others 
with love and forgiveness. 
We thank you that you look at us with love and forgiveness,
 whatever we have done or failed to do. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 13, 34-35 Jesus said: \u201cI give you a new commandment\u2014to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples\u2014if you have love for one another.\u201d  Reflection Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld wrote about always treating other people\u2019s good as the … <\/p>\n

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