1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth. Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures. Love never ends. NCV
1 John 4:8 God is love. NCV
Genesis 1:26 Let Us make man in Our image NKJV
For me, when I see these verses side by side, it is a new revelation of how Good God actually is.
I know He loves me, but love without action is nothing, and here I get to see not only what alive love is, nor only that God is full of love, but that He IS love.
He is patient, He is kind….. He does not count up wrongs… He always trusts, always hopes, always endures…
Subsequently, we are made in God’s image.
We are made to reflect love.
God love.
To be a christian means to live as a little Christ.
We’re not called to act patient and kind on occasions, we were created to reflect God, to be love, therefore, to BE patient, to BE kind, to NOT BE jealous … They are meant to be part of who we are.
Deuteronomy 7:9 So know that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God. He will keep his agreement of love for a thousand lifetimes for people who love him and obey his commands.
On the other side. With God’s love, too often I find myself – despite knowing that God loves me – feeling compelled to keep His commands in order to get to His perfect love. But we are called to work from His love, not to it. In this verse I see it as no accident that love is placed before obeying His commands.
God is love, and His desire is to pour it into our lives. Our responsibility is to accept it, and to use it.
Stay Strong
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