People hurt each other, suddenly; leaving trauma behind, not only for the one whom was hurt, but the pain, agony, and misery, has a far reaching span, touching the lives of those indirectly involved; Family, Children, Friends, and others! And so, *GOD* in HIS WISDOM, bid us to LOVE as HE LOVES, always improving our faulty LOVE, that fewer have to suffer, and this suffering reaches most aspects of life...
We are surprising good at sharing pain, and negatives; if only we could be half as good at sharing LOVE...
LOVE is NOT determined by physical attributes, or longings, nor, merely, by the mind; LOVE is one with the whole person, and deepens with it's duration! LOVE is more than emotional, more than any individual aspect, it is all consuming, and when real, respected, and regarded for the wondrous gifts within it's perfect design...
Too many people throw LOVE around like a toy, enjoying it on certain levels, which they are unwilling to part from, or grow beyond! For instance, some enjoy falling in LOVE, but, are unwilling to go farther, after the newness wears off, then, are in pursuit of a new LOVE! This is a very SMALL part of LOVE, when compared to the bounty LOVE holds, and proves self-inclination point blank!!!
LOVE endures, and perseveres even in the most resistant, and dire conditions! LOVE is the strength to pick up our cross, daily! LOVE is THE WILL of *GOD*, and the motivator of our will!!!
There are diverse kinds of LOVE, although, each has one TRUTH, and ONE end, when it is embraced as the kind of LOVE *GOD* COMMANDS us to live in! There are ground rules for LOVE, based upon virtue, ethics, morals, integrity, respect, regard, compassion; an understanding that, basically, deep down, we ALL experience similar results of lack of LOVE, or the riches of LOVE! Not only this, but, if we CAN'T LOVE as *GOD* has COMMANDED, then, we are told we can't possibly LOVE HIM, whom we have not seen, which, once you come into understanding of LOVE, make sense, though, before, the sense is lost on whatever we are distracted by...
IF we LOVED as HE LOVES, there would be NO pain, agony, misery, or suffering in this world, NONE! LOVE DOES NOT allow for such! LOVE PROVIDES OPTIMAL grounds for growth, for development, for happiness, for PEACE, for HOPE, for encouragement, and, for MORE LOVE! LOVE IS PURELY POSITIVE, and DOES NOT harm, or hurt, anyone, or anything, instead, heals, and provides health for ALL INVOLVED; thus, LOVE IS THE WAY!!!
LOVE is NOT beyond us, because THE LORD would NOT have COMMANDED that we LOVE as HE does! LOVE is right here, inside, waiting to be freed from the falsehoods of the world!!!
1 CORINTHIANS 13...
1/ If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
2/ And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
3/ If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4/ Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5/ it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6/ it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7/ It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8/ Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
9/ For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
10/ but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
11/ When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
12/ At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
13/ So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
These are MORE than mere words, dear people; MORE than ideology; THIS SCRIPTURE IS *GOD'S* gift TO LOVING AS we OUGHT to! This Chapter is KEY to understanding! It is as a gate TO LIVING AS HE HAS COMMANDED US TO!!!
LOVE IS THE EVIDENCE OF *GOD* IN US; the fruits of THE SPIRIT, the fruits we are to bear!!!
LOVE IS REGENERATIVE! It spans, and spirals forth, ALWAYS with wholesome goodness, when it is the kind THE LORD speaks of, and bids us to live in!!!
Some of the effects of charity are stated, that we may know whether we have this grace; and that if we have not, we may not rest till we have it.
This love is a clear proof of regeneration, and is a touchstone of our professed faith in Christ. In this beautiful description of the nature and effects of love, it is meant to show the Corinthians that their conduct had, in many respects, been a contrast to it.
Charity is an utter enemy to selfishness; it does not desire or seek its own praise, or honour, or profit, or pleasure. Not that charity destroys all regard to ourselves, or that the charitable man should neglect himself and all his interests. But charity never seeks its own to the hurt of others, or to neglect others.
It ever prefers the welfare of others to its private advantage. How good-natured and amiable is Christian charity! How excellent would Christianity appear to the world, if those who profess it were more under this Divine principle, and paid due regard to the command on which its blessed Author laid the chief stress! Let us ask whether this Divine love dwells in our hearts. Has this principle guided us into becoming behaviour to all men? Are we willing to lay aside selfish objects and aims? Here is a call to watchfulness, diligence, and prayer.
REV. LWINSOR © 2013
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