"Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 Everyday thousands of men and women show up at work ready to make the ultimate sacrifice. Every so often...one of them does...for the benefit of complete strangers. This week an LAFD Firefighter was killed in the line of duty in an area close to where I work. The 800 and medic units from that area often transport their patients to the hospital I frequent most. (See story at http://lafd.blogspot.com/2008/03/los-angeles-firefighter-killed-in-line.html)
Their sacrifice reminds of how fragile life is, how courageous some men are, and most importantly of the ultimate sacrifice that the Creator of the universe made for unworthy, ungrateful objects of His mercy.
"Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:7-8
But God. But God. We were helpless and hopeless. But God. We were still sinners. But God. God, the Almighty, Holy, Just, Merciful, Creator of the World...died...for me.
LA Times Story
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