Corinthians 3:4 "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends..."
At an early age we are subjected to this image that love is PERFECT...and it is, but ONLY when it comes from Christ! My thoughts: God gave us this verse to 1) Show us how imperfect we are (I dont think we can achieve ALL this ALL the time) but also to 2) Show us how PERFECT He is!
God loves us with a love that isnt tainted by sin. As sinners we often experience times where we arent patient or kind, but we are envious and rude. We stuggle with wanting things our way and are irritatable. We are glad to see people fail...we are fair weathered friends who believe the world foolishly with no hope. HONESTLY I think that is why God spells it out here like it is, He knows we are going to fail but wants us to know what His love looks like. As Christians we are to continue to TRY to live more and more like Christ until we die when we will live with Him for eternity in our PERFECT heavenly bodies.
I have been struggling with loving someone I find hard to get along with...I pray for this person daily, but more so I pray that God gives me the words to say (better yet, tells me when to not say something...I feel a lot of times I need to defend myself). God spoke to that this am in my quite time through Psalm 82:3.
Lord thank you so much for Your Perfect love, thank you that you are patient with me even when I dont deserve it. Thank you that you show me kindness that I often dont deserve! Thank you that you arent resentful to me, since Your Perfect Son had to die for MY sins even though He was perfect. Thank you for bearing all with me and for me and hoping in me. Thank you that YOUR love endures ALL...please help me to continue to learn to love like you do. Love ~me.
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