Getting our own importance in perspective

Morning: Psalm 72; I Samuel 1:1-20; Hebrews 3:1-6

Evening: Psalms 146, 147; Zechariah 2:10-13; John 3:25-30

When you’re wondering about the significance of your life – we all do that from time to time – it might help to consider it from a couple of angles: Firstly, your particular life matters immeasurably; nobody in the world has the same unique qualities that you do.  Secondly, your life gets its significance from the vital part it can play in bringing Love to flourish in the world.  That requires a choice ... to let your life play second fiddle to Love.  John the Baptist was doing that when he said of Jesus: “He must increase, I must decrease.”