"Love
is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is
not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are
prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be
stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in
part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect
disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways
behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we
shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully,
even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and
love. But the greatest of these is love."-1 Corinthians 13:4-13.
Okay
so today I have something weighing heavy on my heart. My heart's
feeling really torn at how badly our world has turned love into
something horrible. I feel like people do not fully understand what love
is anymore. To me love is God. To the world love is something
completely different. Because I believe in the Bible and know that it's
teachings are 100% accurate, I know what love is. Love is God sending
his ONLY son to die a horrible death for our pathetic selves to be
forgiven of our stupid sins we continually commit. Love is God's grace
for us when we clearly do not deserve it. Love is God always having his
arms open to embrace us when this terrible world shoots us in the back.
Love is God daily reaching out to us and knocking on the doors of our
hearts even when we open the door only to SLAM it in his face. Love is
simply God, and God is love. My relationship with Jared thrives because
we have been built on the rock of God. If our relationship with God
fails, then our relationship with each other fails as well. We are
yolked together by God's amazing grace and love. I have a personal
relationship with God, as does Jared. We commit sin, we are not perfect
by any means. But we know that we have to trust God to pick us up and
apologize every time we hurt him, which is daily. If you haven't
gathered, I am a Christian. Becoming a Christian was the best thing I've
ever done. I feel whole, I feel saved, and I feel loved. I feel these
things because God allows me to. The world doesn't understand true love
because the world doesn't know God and his grace. Really 1 Corinthians
13 tells it like it is, and is self explanatory. Because I am a
Christian, I am called to LOVE. I'm not called to condemn or judge or be
hurtful to people. I am called to share the gospel, not to force it
down people's throats. If I love like Christ, and preach the word of God
to others, God will do the rest. He will work on the hearts of the lost
one's I witness to. I am going to love like Christ loves me.
