"crazy Love" and the truth that's changing me

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:16-18

Of this truth Francis Chan says: "We are loaded down with too many good things, more than we could ever need, while others are desperate for a small loaf. The good things we cling to are more than money; we hoard our resources, our gifts, our time, our families, our friends. As we begin to practice regular giving, we see how ludicrous it is to hold on to the abundance God has given us and merely repeat the words thank you."

I pray that our generation will be marked as a people who love in actions and in truth. That we will give not out of obligation or guilt for what we have, but out of a heart that understands what it means to "love our neighbor as yourself". I confess that my life does not always reflect this command, but I long for it to. The time for giving is now. The need is evident. What will our response be?