God isn’t kidding around, and He isn’t waiting around, not even when spouses die. Discipleship always follows us. Everywhere.

Jesus points us to the oldest prayer in Judaism, which is still a central feature of Jewish prayer: the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). The part that comes after “You shall love the Lord, your God…” describes five steps that form disciples in the love of God and the love of neighbor.