1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Love, love, love....
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Love, love, love....
And by showing love a multitude of our sins will be covered..... Our
sins.... Not our neighbors, not our families not our enemies but our own
sins against others will be covered.
It begins with us.....the only choice that we have control of is our own.... We can choose to respond out of love or we can choose to respond from a worldly position.... Our choice.
But what if it doesn't come naturally to love certain people, those that hurt us, talk bad about us to others, call us names, physically abuse us....how do we love them? And what, what would that love even look like?
I recently read Corrie Ten Boom's book, "The Hiding Place"....and this is how one allows Christ's love to flow through them even amidst the greatest of adversity. Her sister....wow, what a testimony. I look at Christ and the cross....from His "trial" to the "end"......only love.
It is other-worldly. It is God. It is choosing to say "I forgive" or choosing not to respond in like manner but rather continuing to pray for those who have hurt. Love is so much more than "fake" hearts and romance..... We are told in 1 Corinthians that love is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs, does not delight in evil, rejoices with truth, always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres....never fails.....
We often hear this read at weddings and I'm afraid because of this...we set it aside for love in our marriages...for husbands and wives.... But nothing says that this section is reserved for marriages only.... This is love. This is how we are called to respond in every act, every gesture in our life..... And what I LOVE is that a lot of love is refraining from doing something bad! So, when I am wronged, I show love when I don't respond in anger back.... I don't have to become best friends with this person, I don't have to respond as the lies satan weaves....." Well, to show true love one must hug and make up" when I don't want to touch the other person.... No, love....true love, is allowing Christ to work through us....not showing "worldly" love.....but Godly love...... And there is a difference.
Let's watch our every actions today..... Love.....
It begins with us.....the only choice that we have control of is our own.... We can choose to respond out of love or we can choose to respond from a worldly position.... Our choice.
But what if it doesn't come naturally to love certain people, those that hurt us, talk bad about us to others, call us names, physically abuse us....how do we love them? And what, what would that love even look like?
I recently read Corrie Ten Boom's book, "The Hiding Place"....and this is how one allows Christ's love to flow through them even amidst the greatest of adversity. Her sister....wow, what a testimony. I look at Christ and the cross....from His "trial" to the "end"......only love.
It is other-worldly. It is God. It is choosing to say "I forgive" or choosing not to respond in like manner but rather continuing to pray for those who have hurt. Love is so much more than "fake" hearts and romance..... We are told in 1 Corinthians that love is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs, does not delight in evil, rejoices with truth, always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres....never fails.....
We often hear this read at weddings and I'm afraid because of this...we set it aside for love in our marriages...for husbands and wives.... But nothing says that this section is reserved for marriages only.... This is love. This is how we are called to respond in every act, every gesture in our life..... And what I LOVE is that a lot of love is refraining from doing something bad! So, when I am wronged, I show love when I don't respond in anger back.... I don't have to become best friends with this person, I don't have to respond as the lies satan weaves....." Well, to show true love one must hug and make up" when I don't want to touch the other person.... No, love....true love, is allowing Christ to work through us....not showing "worldly" love.....but Godly love...... And there is a difference.
Let's watch our every actions today..... Love.....
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