GROWING SEEDS: How We Treat Others Is How We Treat Jesus

 

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This was the dogma my friend Sandee Casey lived every day of her short life on this earth.  I was gifted with knowing this beautiful woman who lived down the road from us for many years.....and calling her my friend for life.

It's easy to remember the first time I met her......she carried such a presence about her.  Once you moved past her external beauty; her crisp, starched blouses and colorful shoelaces, you couldn't miss how even more stunning her internal beauty was.  She had a sweet enduring way of always saying, "Well, bless her heart" that will forever make me smile when I think of her.

But the thing that set Sandee apart from most of us was her massive love of others.  How she treated everyone who crossed her path.  She actually lived Matthew 7:12:

"Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. 
This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets."

Did you catch that word "essence"?  It means, "Soul, Spirit, Nature, Core, Heart".  Sandee's essence was making sure others felt special.  Little gifts in the mailbox for the friend who had lost her "Fun".......hidden sterling silver treasures in the backyard for the new step-granddaughters to search out and find as they joined their new family.....Mardi Gras beads and glow necklaces were always on standby in her garage stash and her clown outfit wasn't far behind.  Her essence was like glitter falling down on everyone who met her.

See, Sandee knew the secret......she knew that when she loved others, she was loving Jesus Himself. 

And what about the verse right after this?  "You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate.  The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.  But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it." (Matthew 7:13-14).

Truth is, Sandee made the decision to travel on the narrow road.  She treated others as she wanted to be treated.  She knew that the narrow road was all about Jesus - loving Him, serving Him, giving Him control.  And that's the road that led to her life.