Today, a history lesson that goes back 283 years.  Years of planning led up to it, and on February 12, 1733, Gen. James Oglethorpe and his group of colonists climbed up the Yamacraw Bluff from the Savannah River to establish a colony they would call Georgia.  But it’s not the founding, as interesting as it is, that I want to focus on; it’s the original motto used by the colony.  It was in Latin and goes like this: Non Sibi Sed Aliis.  Simply translated, it means “not for self, but for others.”  That bit of Georgia history came to me this morning in an email subscription I receive each day that always mentions interesting historical facts, usually related to our state.  But as I read the story, the motto sounded familiar.  Not so much the Latin words, but the principle.  I thumbed through my Bible and came to Romans 15:1-3.  “We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.  Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.  For even Christ pleased not Himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached Thee fell on Me.”  You see, those words on the original seal of the Georgia colony should be much more than just a piece of historical Georgia trivia.  Those words should be a daily reality in our lives.  Why?  Because that’s just what Jesus did.  Those words, “even Christ pleased not Himself” powerfully show His purpose on earth as He lifted His voice in Gethsemane and cried “not My will, but Thine be done,” and then went to the cross to die for our sins.  He showed the way to live Non Sibi Sed Aliis.  Will you follow?