“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” (John 15:12).
We are told that George Boldt, a hotel baron, made an unusual gift to his wife. He purchased one of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River and had it carved into the shape of a heart.
Napoleon is said to have given Josephine a tiara set with 880 diamonds.
King Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the ancient world’s “Seven Wonders,” and presented it to his bride who was lonely for her former home.
Perhaps none of us will ever have the means to lavish such extravagant gifts on some-
one we love. Yet greater gifts than these are within the reach of every woman and man. In fact, this very day you can give the greatest gift one can give to another. The gift is yourself!
Several years ago, a gifted American surgeon decided to obey Jesus’ command to love by giving himself…
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