Seek To Serve

Caught, as human nature would have it, in a moment of ambition the wife of Zebedee and her two sons, James and John, approached Jesus with the request for High Places in his kingdom.  He challenged them and then led them to see that the real "High Places" come with self-emptying and self-giving.  James ended up as a martyr and John, preached "no greater love than to give one's life for another." (cf. Jn 15:13 ) all his life.
We are all called to serve others; it may mean simply compromising with others for the sake of peace, or it may mean leaving one's own family and country to serve the needy across the globe. May we be ready for the service to which God calls us and generously respond. We will not be able to count the blessings of a life so lived.
Bro. Rene