Love Is.......
Good Morning Girls! With this being the week end many people will be celebrating Valentine's Day I thought it fitting to read the "love chapter" found in 1 Corinthians 13:1-10. I mean what better way to get in the mood for love and show my love than to review what the Word says love is?
With an open and receptive heart I started reading. I wanted to take a look......an honest look, at my love walk. I was doing okay until I reached verses 4-7........
Love is patient (when are things going to change?)....Love is not jealous (how come she gets to go to Israel and I don't) or boastful (I admit I am good at this one-lol) or proud (not enough time in the day to give you all these examples) or rude (excuse me......). It does not demand its own way (stop laughing closest friends of mine). It is not irritable (except when I don't get my own way), and it keeps no record of being wronged (other than the laundry list in my mind....does that count?).
It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices when truth wins out (whew....I've got one covered!) Love never gives up (well at least I get back up again). never loses faith (for very long), is always hopeful (except for when I am not), and endures through every circumstance (though I often grumble and complain).
Now I could have found this all to be discouraging. I could have looked at this list and felt like I was a huge disappointment to God. I could have thrown up my hands and said "what's the point? I will never get it right!". And I would have......if I had kept the focus on myself rather than on Jesus.
It says in 1 John 4:8 that God is love. He is the One who perfects us. He is the One who loves us. He is the one who teaches us how to love. He is the One who loves us where we are at....whether we are boastful and proud, or impatient and jealous. HE LOVES US!
Now he does not want us to remain jealous, rude, and impatient. He created us in His image and it is our goal to live a life of love. However, we will never be able to do that if we fail to see that while we are learning- God loves us and is with us every step of the way.
Since God is love. I went back to the love verses and but Him where the word love is. It warmed my heart and soothed my soul. I pray it does the same for you!
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT and JEN Translation God is patient and kind. God is not jealous (except for us) or boastful (except about us) or proud (except of us) or rude. God does not demand His own way. God is not irritable and He keeps no record of being wronged. God does not rejoice about injustice (when we are faced with trials) but rejoices whenever the truth wins out (and it always will!). God never gives up (on us), never loses faith (in us), is always hopeful (for us), and endures through every circumstance (forever)!!!
Love, Grace, and a God is Love day to you all-
Jen
With an open and receptive heart I started reading. I wanted to take a look......an honest look, at my love walk. I was doing okay until I reached verses 4-7........
Love is patient (when are things going to change?)....Love is not jealous (how come she gets to go to Israel and I don't) or boastful (I admit I am good at this one-lol) or proud (not enough time in the day to give you all these examples) or rude (excuse me......). It does not demand its own way (stop laughing closest friends of mine). It is not irritable (except when I don't get my own way), and it keeps no record of being wronged (other than the laundry list in my mind....does that count?).
It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices when truth wins out (whew....I've got one covered!) Love never gives up (well at least I get back up again). never loses faith (for very long), is always hopeful (except for when I am not), and endures through every circumstance (though I often grumble and complain).
Now I could have found this all to be discouraging. I could have looked at this list and felt like I was a huge disappointment to God. I could have thrown up my hands and said "what's the point? I will never get it right!". And I would have......if I had kept the focus on myself rather than on Jesus.
It says in 1 John 4:8 that God is love. He is the One who perfects us. He is the One who loves us. He is the one who teaches us how to love. He is the One who loves us where we are at....whether we are boastful and proud, or impatient and jealous. HE LOVES US!
Now he does not want us to remain jealous, rude, and impatient. He created us in His image and it is our goal to live a life of love. However, we will never be able to do that if we fail to see that while we are learning- God loves us and is with us every step of the way.
Since God is love. I went back to the love verses and but Him where the word love is. It warmed my heart and soothed my soul. I pray it does the same for you!
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT and JEN Translation God is patient and kind. God is not jealous (except for us) or boastful (except about us) or proud (except of us) or rude. God does not demand His own way. God is not irritable and He keeps no record of being wronged. God does not rejoice about injustice (when we are faced with trials) but rejoices whenever the truth wins out (and it always will!). God never gives up (on us), never loses faith (in us), is always hopeful (for us), and endures through every circumstance (forever)!!!
Love, Grace, and a God is Love day to you all-
Jen
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