How important is a man's last words? What if they are your last words? How important would they be and how would you want them valued? What is heaviest on our hearts is what will be spoken on our lips.
Many celebrated this past Sunday as Easter, the day Jesus died. One of his last words to Peter in John 21 was to take care of his sheep. In another gospel he asked for his mother to be taken care of and for her to take care of John. The night he was to die, he washed the disciples feet before the last dinner, to teach them that this is what we should do for each other.
Once he is gone, he commissioned them in Matthew 28 to continue his teaching with those who do not know. It was important for Jesus to get the message across even in the mist of death, for us to care for one another. For those we know and those we do not know. This is what made his teachings radical. It causes us to go outside of ourselves or inside of ourselves, to a deep place where we do not always go.
Let's continue to honor him and his teachings.
