The Example of Jesus

Re-reading the Gospel narrative with the goal of understanding how Jesus lived as an example for my life helps uncomplicate things a great deal, though it doesn't necessarily make it easier. The issues he faced were not unlike those we face today - knowing my identity, interacting with "sinners", interacting with the "religious", interacting with political agendas, etc. Its amazing to me how Jesus deftly handled all of these with such clarity that comes only from being grounded in the truth that undergirds everything - God is love. His whole life was an expression of God's love! This is our charge, to take up our cross daily out of sacrificial love for others, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us.