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Is there anything worse than being torn between two loyalties? I think not, especially if it means being torn between pleasing God and pleasing those whose opinion you value. The closet thing to that is the medieval practice of quartering. The victim’s ankles and wrists were hitched to four horses that galloped off in opposite directions literally tearing him limb from limb!
“If your first concern is to look after yourself, you’ll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you’ll find both yourself and me.
— Matthew 10:39 (MSG)
Lord Jesus, deliver me from the seductive voices of our culture that tell me to take care of myself, to look out for my needs first. Help me to lay down my life in loving service. In Your holy name I pray. Amen.