There is a more excellent way than teaching and speaking and serving and giving and doing. The Way of Love. It's the greatest way!
I Cor 13:1 BUT, if words tweet off my tongue like a gilded bird, if I plant 100 churches, if I grow my church to thousands, if I write a book that people say changes their life, if I move mountains, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am nothing. I am a noisy gong.
I think heaven is going to look a whole lot different than some believe. We applaud authors and speakers and the celebrities of our Christian world. But, how do they treat their spouse and children behind closed doors? Do they really know how they come across to their family? We really do not know, do we?
What about me and the Way of Love. Do I truly know how I come across to others? Do I think I have this "love" thing nailed down in jello.
What would it look like for me this very day to move in the way of love, looking out for the interests of others, wanting them to succeed even more than I, recognizing my control of circumstances, being free to be who I am this moment.
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ReplyDeleteLove is the eternal investment. Love remains. Love prefers others to self. Love does not insist on its own way. Love never dies.
ReplyDeleteIs it really that simple? My mind can grasp this one. My heart's response of love eludes me.
I remember Beth Moore saying one time, "If I err, let me err on love's side."
May we all be found guilty of loving too much!
Thinking back thru the years of the different ways I've served the Lord in front of others, were they for love of Him, out of obedience or what was the true motivation. IF it was NOT love for Him then it was all for nothing. How many times do we take on "jobs" at church and not out of love for Him or even the Body of Christ, but because it is the "right thing" to do and for appearance sake? This will be wood, hay and stubble IF not done out of and in love for Him. May what I do from this day forward, count for Him out of love, whether it be for my husband, my family or the stranger in the store.
ReplyDeleteI failed to mention last week that my sweet young friend Sally was having her scan today. IF it is clear again, she is thinking they may extend them to every four months instead of every three. She said that she felt fine,but she knew that was no true test of whether the cancer had come back or not.
Please keep us posted on Sally. Said a prayer for her continued healing!
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