Thought for today - 06/02/10

The Greek word for "imitate" (mimetai) literally means to "mimic" or to "shadow"-to do exactly what you see another doing, nothing more nor less. Thus, as disciples of Jesus we are to do what we see God doing in Jesus, just as our shadow does everything we do. Paul spells out what this shadowing looks like when he goes on to say: "Live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us" (Ephesians 5:2). To be part of the body of Christ, to be a participant in the kingdom of God, means-by definition-that we mimic Jesus' love by how we live. We aren't to love just on occasion, when it's convenient, or when our enemies aren't attacking our nation. We are to live in this Calvary-quality love when we're breathing, when our brain is active, when our heart is beating. All we do is to be done in love (1 Corinthians 16:14), and insofar as we do this, we manifest the kingdom of God." 
     ~Gregory A. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation

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