Boys & love
Here's the devotional for today that I get every day in email. I really need to listen to it ..... this is the ideal definition of what I want in a guy when it comes to his love & affection towards me. I need to keep this scripture, as well as this devotional, in my mind for the future. Anyway, enjoy!!
P.S. Here's a little "somethin somethin" from my friend Lisa Fong about boys ... I totally agree w/ her about it, man!! If boys weren't so silly & CONFUSING sometimes, then maybe love wouldn't need to be detailed & explained in 1 Corinthians 13!! Booyah!! YOU GO, GIRL!! Anyway, it's before the devotional, so read up:
"let me just say that sometimes boys are so frustrating. they make you just want to slap them upside the head. seriously. people say that girls are confusing, but many a time have i had no clue as to why some boy did something and what the heck he was thinking when he did do that and why the heck does he not do this instead because it makes so much more sense. and why doesn't he just flippin' do that instead of being a big baby about it. and don't even try to guess who i'm talking about, because i will just tell you that it's not who you think. and maybe i'm not even talking about one boy in particular, and i'm just talking about all boys in general."
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Today's Message:
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Beloved let us love one another..." I John 4:7
"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;
love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not
provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes
all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
I Corinthians 13:4-7
A favorite Bible study method of mine is to take
a passage of scripture and personalize it by putting
it in the first person. It was a humbling experience
when I tried to do this with I Corinthians 13. I am
patient and kind? Hardly. I envy not. Not. I am not
proud. Yeah right! I don't seek my own way. Ask people
who know me. I think no evil, bear all things, believe
all things, endure all things. I don't think so.
Yet, as I read this, I begin to realize that this is
not simply a nice idea or a goal to work toward, but
a commandment of God. It's very clear. He says "Love
one another as I have loved you." Ouch. He obviously
believes I am capable of such love. Maybe the problem
is that I don't see that in myself. God has a lot more
faith in my ability to love than I do. I know the
affronts I've suffered. I know the hurts I've endured.
I know my weaknesses. And what I forget is that God
knows all this too, and He still says, "Beloved, love
one another."
So, then a lack of love results from a lack of faith.
I really don't believe God's word which says I can love
in this manner. I don't believe that God can plant that
type of love inside of me. It's one thing to believe
that God can move a mountain, but to allow me to love
the person who insulted me, that's something else entirely.
But then perhaps I'm getting this all wrong. I'm expecting
to be able to love others in my own power. Maybe I'm
rewriting this the wrong way. Let's try it again: Jesus
is patient and kind. He envies not is not puffed up. He
bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all
things and endures all things. Well, now that makes
sense. And He is living in me and through me right?
Does that mean that one day, that scripture might
just be describing me. Well... maybe...
Lord, teach me to love unconditionally as you do.
Let that love draw everyone I meet unto you. Amen and Amen.
P.S. Here's a little "somethin somethin" from my friend Lisa Fong about boys ... I totally agree w/ her about it, man!! If boys weren't so silly & CONFUSING sometimes, then maybe love wouldn't need to be detailed & explained in 1 Corinthians 13!! Booyah!! YOU GO, GIRL!! Anyway, it's before the devotional, so read up:
"let me just say that sometimes boys are so frustrating. they make you just want to slap them upside the head. seriously. people say that girls are confusing, but many a time have i had no clue as to why some boy did something and what the heck he was thinking when he did do that and why the heck does he not do this instead because it makes so much more sense. and why doesn't he just flippin' do that instead of being a big baby about it. and don't even try to guess who i'm talking about, because i will just tell you that it's not who you think. and maybe i'm not even talking about one boy in particular, and i'm just talking about all boys in general."
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Today's Message:
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Beloved let us love one another..." I John 4:7
"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;
love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not
provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes
all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
I Corinthians 13:4-7
A favorite Bible study method of mine is to take
a passage of scripture and personalize it by putting
it in the first person. It was a humbling experience
when I tried to do this with I Corinthians 13. I am
patient and kind? Hardly. I envy not. Not. I am not
proud. Yeah right! I don't seek my own way. Ask people
who know me. I think no evil, bear all things, believe
all things, endure all things. I don't think so.
Yet, as I read this, I begin to realize that this is
not simply a nice idea or a goal to work toward, but
a commandment of God. It's very clear. He says "Love
one another as I have loved you." Ouch. He obviously
believes I am capable of such love. Maybe the problem
is that I don't see that in myself. God has a lot more
faith in my ability to love than I do. I know the
affronts I've suffered. I know the hurts I've endured.
I know my weaknesses. And what I forget is that God
knows all this too, and He still says, "Beloved, love
one another."
So, then a lack of love results from a lack of faith.
I really don't believe God's word which says I can love
in this manner. I don't believe that God can plant that
type of love inside of me. It's one thing to believe
that God can move a mountain, but to allow me to love
the person who insulted me, that's something else entirely.
But then perhaps I'm getting this all wrong. I'm expecting
to be able to love others in my own power. Maybe I'm
rewriting this the wrong way. Let's try it again: Jesus
is patient and kind. He envies not is not puffed up. He
bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all
things and endures all things. Well, now that makes
sense. And He is living in me and through me right?
Does that mean that one day, that scripture might
just be describing me. Well... maybe...
Lord, teach me to love unconditionally as you do.
Let that love draw everyone I meet unto you. Amen and Amen.