Just do it.

Do to others as you would have them do to you. That verse, NIV version, which I have read and heard countless times broke me open yesterday to a whole new way of seeing -- what I call an Epiphany!

It turns out that Luke Chapter 6 as a whole packs a MEGA wallop. I was not expecting the quick tears, but then my mind just honed right in. Do to others as you would have them do to you -- made harder for me, since I struggle ferociously with the big E - envy.

I immediately thought of my sisters, both younger, one already gone. How many times I wounded them with my mean (envious) replies, because I wanted what they had and refused to rejoice over their good fortune. My regrets are legion.

But then this: What if, when my sister shares something good that's going on with her, I imagine her words as my own and respond as I would yearn for her to respond to me.

I texted her, wanting to test this new response mechanism, scratch that, love response. Could I do it, I wondered. Alas,she has not called me back yet but when she does, I'm hoping to "change things up", as dear friend L likes to say, and send her off scratching her head and wondering what's gotten into her big sis.

And if she ever asks, or maybe even if she doesn't, I'll tell her, Luke 6:31 got into me, like it never had before.