"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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.For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Wow, one of my favorite quotes ever and yet, lately, definitely not how I've been living my life. Leave it to my blog to remind me of my purpose on this earth. To love as God loves.
It's been a challenging week, and I've struggled to love a LOT of the people around me, in fact, I've been tired, feeling mistreated, and simply ready to tell a lot the people around me to take a flying leap off the highest building. Sound Godly??? Definitely not!!
This verse reminded me that those who don't know God's love simply can't comprehend how their actions affect others. But as Christians we mustn't take people's cruelty to heart, we must love them besides this. We must lift them up to the one holy, loving God and show them our love through the way we treat them.
Wish I could reverse some of my actions this week, but unfortunately we can't, we can simply move forward and try not to do it again!
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