Friday, January 22, 2010

Love...

Do you want to see how you are doing in the area of loving? Well, you could go to the "love" chapter, 1 Corinthians 13. Within this chapter you would see some very practical truths:

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Are you patient?
Are you kind?
Do you envy or boast?
Are you arrogant or rude?
Do you insist on your own way?
Are you irritable or resentful?
Do you rejoice in wrongdoing?
Do you rejoice in truth?
Do you bear all things?
Do you believe all things?
Do you hope all things?
Do you endure all things?

When I hold the mirror of God's Word up, I don't care for my reflection. In many of these ways, and far too often, I do not love. How about you? How well do you love?

Monday, we'll take a look at some hard hitting verses in 1 John. This is a cakewalk compared to that.

Diane

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