Jesus Speaks from the Cross
John 19.25-27:
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
Jesus, in His dying moment, was still putting the needs of others before His own as He selflessly committed the care of His mother to His beloved disciple John. His entire life, including His death, taught by example that we are to put the needs of others before our own, subjecting everything to the perfect will of God.
The willingness to abide by His Word and to demonstrate that willingness with actions by faithfully sacrificing for others when faced by adversity are both truly defining characteristics of the authentic Christian life.