John 19:23-27

John 19:23-27 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  Here is Jesus, hanging on the cross, and what is he doing?  Providing for his mother.  Still thinking of others.
  It's an impossible example.  Jesus is the most selfless person that has ever lived.  Even in his death, he is dying for others.  In his suffering final moments, he is providing for others.
  Jesus calls us to follow in his footsteps, but strides so far ahead that we struggle to keep up, leaping from one task to the next, often falling and finding ourselves overwhelmed with discouragement.  This is where grace comes in -- the grace that reaches down and out from the cross is the same grace that helps us to our feet and then reminds us that faith is a gift and perfection is not required.  So may we continue to leap, trusting that we will be caught when we fall.