Corps Commitment
Theme of the Week: A Man's Caring Side
Rich Rusaw and Eric Swanson
Friday, April 20, 2007
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Key Bible Verse: I will gladly spend myself and all I have for your spiritual good, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me (2 Corinthians 12:15).Bonus Reading: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Joining the Marines right out of high school, JL deliberately left his parents, his girlfriend, and the church he sometimes attended on Sunday mornings. He excelled as a Marine, graduating as the Company Honor Man in basic training, setting the range marksmanship record, and receiving a meritorious promotion.
At his next assignment, as a company clerk, a 125-pound corporal named Randy came by. He interacted with JL in a way that prompted him to commit his life to Jesus Christ. Immediately the two began to reach out with the good news to other Marines on the base. One night Randy showed up at JL's door with his face swollen and bruised. When JL asked, "What the heck happened to you?" Randy said he'd gotten beat up in the next barracks for explaining to a soldier his belief in Christ.
But Randy didn't let that stop him. Shortly after JL was discharged from the Corps, he received a letter from Randy with good news: the guy who had beaten him up had come to faith in Christ. Now the two of them were sharing Christ with the other Marines.
—Rich Rusaw and Eric Swanson in Living a Life on Loan
My Response: Is my caring limited to those who respond positively?
Thought to Apply: Love talked about is easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.—STAN MOONEYHAM (relief agency executive)
Adapted from Living a Life on Loan (Standard, 2006) by permission.
Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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