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A little boy in his Sunday school class was asked this question: "Johnny, what do you think the Bible is trying to teach us?" I love Johnny's answer. He said, "The Bible is telling us to love God and to love people 365 days each year, and to be sure not to take too many days off."

In Keith Miller's book A Second Touch ([Waco, Tex.: Word Books, 1967], 63-64), there is a story about a busy executive living in an eastern city, who was rushing to catch a train. He had been so caught up in the pressures and hassles and stresses of the business world that he was worn to a frazzle. There were so many demands, so many deadlines. So this day, he rebelled. On this particular morning, he decided really to try to be a Christian instead of just talking about it. This day, no matter what, he was going to live in the spirit of Jesus Christ's love.

Just as he was boarding the train, he accidentally bumped into a little boy who was carrying a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces scattered everywhere. Normally, the man would have jumped on the train and rushed to the office without offering to help the boy, but he remembered his decision to live in the spirit of Christ's love. So he stopped and helped the boy pick up the puzzle pieces. The train started to pull out slowly.

The little boy watched him closely, realizing the sacrifice the man had made and realizing the man had missed his train in order to help. When all the puzzle pieces were found and safely back in the box, the little boy said, "Mister, are you Jesus?"

That's probably what that man at the Temple wanted to ask Peter that day: "Hey, Mister, are you Jesus?"

Now, let me ask you something. Has anyone ever seen the love of Jesus that powerfully in you? My prayer is that God, through the power of the risen Christ and the presence of the Holy Spirit, will enable us to live each day in such a way that when we come to the end of our days on this earth, we will be remembered as persons, who by the healing love of Christ, had a self we could live with, a faith we could live by, and a love we could live out.