Thursday, March 13, 2008

Way of Love

1 Cor 13: 1-7

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for the self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swollen head,
doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
Love never dies

I am glad that God is love and not just a God of love.

Let this be our goal: to walk in God's love.

Blessings
Doug

2 comments:

Peace Gospel International said...

Hey Doug it's Kirby Trapolino, you met me at Bear Trap Ranch in Jan. 2004. Great to find your blog. God bless you, brother.

Time with Doug said...

Hello Kirby

Good to hear from you. Blessings on you journey.
Doug