Over the past few weeks, 1 Corinthians 13 keeps coming back to me. I open my bible and that's what page it's on, on the front of a journal someone gave me, in a book I'm reading--just to name a few.
And through this I have realized that I never really understood the whole meaning of that part of Scripture. I mean, most of us see it as something read at a wedding ceremony; however, I believe there is something much bigger to be considered here. As a believer, I am called to imitate Christ, and Christ exemplifies the true meaning of love. Which means I should be showing love to each person I come in contact with...but what does that really look like? It's easy to say I want to show love to those around me, but I believe that if I compare myself to this section of Scripture, I fail in comparison.
Francis Chan in his book Crazy Love, issues a challenge. He says to place your name where the word love is in 1 Corinthians....what a challenge..I realized just after the first line that I am no where near exemplifying Christ in this way...
Courtney is patient, Courtney is kind, Courtney is not jealous...
and those are just the first three....I see that this is impossible for me to do; however, I know that I have the very Spirit of the Living God dwelling within me...and through Him I can do the impossible...
Lord, help me to truly be love to the world around me........
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