No Greater Love

Have you ever seen the movie Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers? It's a great one, you should totally watch it sometime. So I was watching that movie earlier, and let me tell you, that is one of my favorite movies of all time. My sister and I always discuss the best battle. Her favorite is the Battle of Helms Deep. I never really cared about that battle, for no particular reason. It just never really interested me. But I've been stuck on this verse lately in John 15. It's John 15:13, and it says, "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends." Watching that particular scene in the movie made me think of the love between friends. Do I love my friends enough that I would die for them? I think the answer would be yes. I'm not afraid of death, and I cherish my friends above all other worldly things. Unfortunately, I wouldn't really know if I have the courage and love to put their lives before my own. But I know someone who did. He gave up everything for me, and everyone else in the world. Even the terrible people on this planet who disgust me at times, Jesus died for them too. That is quite the thought. Do you love the sinners of the world enough to die for all of them? And to take all their sins upon themselves? Because I don't. My love fails, just like everyone elses. Except God.