Lately God's been putting it onto my heart and into my mind that I need to love people. Especially with the new changes to our youth group, I think it's really key. THEN my youth pastor talked about loving on Wednesday night and this verse stuck out to me.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not boast, it does not envy, it is not proud.
This verse means so many different things to me in so many different ways but here's a big one that normally doesn't get touched on when talking about this verse. We need to LOVE GOD.
If I love God wholeheartedly, then why aren't I patient with him?
If I love him so much, then why aren't I always kind (not just in my actions but in my thoughts) to others?
If I am so in love with God, then why do I get proud, jealous, and boastful?
I realized that as an outcome of loving God, all these things will happen. And it's so important to love others and the first step to that is loving God. It's like this song.
So this year I'm praying that God will put his "love glasses" on me and I'm going to make it my mission to love others and love God. If I love God, how can I be impatient, proud, and unkind if that's what love isn't?
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