1 Corinthians 13:1-8
It is so easy to hate. It is so easy to strike out at others. We can do so without thought or any care. Yet when it comes to love we falter and stumble. In 1 Corinthians we are told without love all else is meaningless. In John 15:17 Jesus give us his command to love one another. "This is my command: Love each other."
Love should come easily and naturally. Love needs to be the very center of who we are. A relationship with a spouse or our children will fail and end bitterly without love. In A Christmas Carol Scrooge lives his life without the love of others. As a boy he grew up not feeling a father's love. As an adult he foolishly lets go of the love a woman has for him. He then spends the rest of his life alone and bitter. At least until the three spirits visit him. Scrooge is then given another chance. He finds love in a child and through his nephew.
Jesus is waiting to share His love with us. His love is a perfect love and one we are to imitate. However since we are not perfect we will make mistakes and that is when we have to remember 1 Corinthians 13:4-8:
It is so easy to hate. It is so easy to strike out at others. We can do so without thought or any care. Yet when it comes to love we falter and stumble. In 1 Corinthians we are told without love all else is meaningless. In John 15:17 Jesus give us his command to love one another. "This is my command: Love each other."
Love should come easily and naturally. Love needs to be the very center of who we are. A relationship with a spouse or our children will fail and end bitterly without love. In A Christmas Carol Scrooge lives his life without the love of others. As a boy he grew up not feeling a father's love. As an adult he foolishly lets go of the love a woman has for him. He then spends the rest of his life alone and bitter. At least until the three spirits visit him. Scrooge is then given another chance. He finds love in a child and through his nephew.
Jesus is waiting to share His love with us. His love is a perfect love and one we are to imitate. However since we are not perfect we will make mistakes and that is when we have to remember 1 Corinthians 13:4-8:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
If we keep the love of Christ in us and strive to follow what love truly is we will live as Christ would have us live. We will be a bit kinder and more forgiving. We will be understanding and gentle. With love we can look past the shortcomings of others. With love others can look past our faults and mistakes...
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