“SELF + WHAT”!

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 738

June 3, 2025///

Today my prayer is that you walk in the sunshine of the Love of Jesus and let your life be an example of His compassion and Love!

I just want to compare some similar words and some similar but different words this morning!

Selfish and selfless are descriptions of what drives our lives and our decisions.

For a selfish person, life is all about them and what they can get or be or succeed at. The other people around them are less important than they are!

Oh, they may not consciously decide to be selfish, but they let their personal desires and feelings come first before others, so their thinking is directed in the way to push themselves or receive for themselves.

It is interesting to me how at beauty pageants or awards programs, the runners-up or those who lost, congratulate the winner. That is how it should be but most of the time they are really felling like, “That should have been me.”

That is human nature but for those who want to live a better life, we need to let our hearts be changed to the opposite of selfish!

The opposite would be selfless.

The selfless person makes the self in their lives LESS than others. Their mindset is being aware of other people’s needs and desires and doing all we can to help in every situation.

Have you ever seen or had happened to you a person who was going to comfort you in grief or help you with a problem but ended up centered on their own grief or their own problems? This is a selfish person!

But that person who just opens their arms, their heart and their ears and listens and lets the Holy Spirit speak encouragement and comfort through them is a selfless person!

This person may have grief and problems, but they are centered on helping someone else feel hope in a hopeless place!

Jesus talked about the way to be selfless.

Matthew 23:11 (KJV)

 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Colossians 3:17 (KJV)

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

There is the secret to a Selfless life. Doing everything as unto the Lord Jesus!

Therein is a combination of words! If we receive the LOVE Jesus pours out on us, we have true LIFE!

And if we walk in that true life, we can Love as Jesus Loves and put others before ourselves!

Romans 12:10 (KJV)

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.

John 15:17 (KJV)

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

The Love Jesus gives lets us love as we should!

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Father, I come in the name of Jesus’ and thank you that the Love of you Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord fills us with the ability to Love Others and give up rights and show your love and compassion in all situations! May each of us let go of selfishness and walk in great selflessness! Amen!

Love, MeMaw!