Since church yesterday I've been thinking a lot about love. We learned about how Jesus told us to deal with our enemies. With love. Other places in the bible tell us to love our neighbor. I have a tattoo of scripture on my back with Jesus commanding us to love one another as He loved us.
What does this love look like?
Well He tells us that too. Love is patient. Love is kind. It is not envious, boastful, proud, dishonorable, self seeking, easily angered and it does not keep records of wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
So if we are to be loving and this is how we are to love... Shouldn't it go like this:
I am patient. I am kind. I am not envious, boastful, proud, dishonorable, self seeking, easily angered and I do not keep records of wrong. I do not delight in evil but rejoice with the truth. I always protect, always trust, always hope, always persevere. I never fail.
Well that couldn't be further from the truth. I fall short of all of these things. I'd like to believe that I am loving, but is know my love doesn't look like this. I can aim for this, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, I can start changing the way I live and love to be more like this, but I will always fall short. Thankfully God loves me despite this.
God is patient. God is kind. God is not envious, boastful, proud, dishonorable, self seeking, easily angered and it does not keep records of wrong. God does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. God always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. God never fails.
