lovelovelove.
Love is a HUGE part of following God, & 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 relates to this:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
We, as Christians, should BE love. We should be patient, kind, and not envy or boast. We should not be proud, or dishonor others. We should be everything it says in that verse!
- Just think how different life would be if we did ALL those things! How much we would represent God, and how different we would look to everyone who saw! And then, if they happened to ask, “Why are you so different?”, there is an opportunity to share the love of God!
God commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves. He commands us to turn the other cheek, and give to the least of the people, as if they were Jesus.
»There are people everywhere who need love, that we overlook. I overlook these people everyday: (—-the quiet kid no one talks to in class. the girl crying in the bathroom. the homeless man holding up a cardboard sign by the interstate. Your neighbor who recently had a loved one pass away. The lonely elderly person. The upset waiter/waitress—-) These people are everywhere. People pass them while they are filled with hurt, and very few people stop to talk to them or help them out.
They would love to know that someone cares, I’m sure. And that someone just happened to stretch his arms out wide on a cross and sacrifice His life for the world, just because He loves us all so much.
“For God so loved the world…”
I feel as if you and I could make a difference just by showing them LOVE.
