Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

This is how to love. It is how to do the greatest thing you can do, the greatest commandment that our savior gives. It is also in Matthew 22:37-40 "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, & mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." It is important to know and understand what love is & is not. It is self controlled but not controlling. Love denies its own good for the good of others. You can lie and cheat all day long, you wouldn't be escaping the truth of God, but love might believe you, even if it didn't; love would love you anyway, and rejoice if you told the truth. I encourage everyone to read and understand this passage. God is Love. Read it over & over again and again, every word of this Corinthians verse has something. Don't destroy it or take it out of context. Embrace these words and live by them. The only way that Gods Grace is enough is that His Love is more than enough. Understand this. Love is Gods and somehow we made it worldly. Lets give it back to God in our actions, in our speech, in our lives.

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