Lay down your life (while you're still living)

When it comes to repeatedly demonstrating your love for someone you care about, “laying down your life” looks really different than what you might think.

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13)

Everybody loves a hero. Come on. You know you do. Even if you don’t go in for SUPERheroes, you still love a heroic figure. It’s something in human nature, which I believe God placed there.

One of the things we see from heroic figures frequently is their self-sacrificing a…