Dying

Check out my friend Aegialia's post on dying to ourselves vs. dying inside. I especially like this observation:

This is also an incomplete answer, because (particularly in our culture) knowing ourselves can be an end in itself. We don’t know ourselves so we can give ourselves up in love for others, we know ourselves so we can deal with our families, handle our own lives, get more of what we want out of life, etc. And yet, at least for Christians, knowing ourselves seems to only be acceptable as a prelude to giving that self up for others.

Go to her place to read the whole thing.

peace of Christ to you,
Jessica