Hi Everyone!

Wonderful Spring is upon us, yippee! How can people look around at the teeming life everywhere and not comprehend that it is indeed by design and not by accident?! Throw off that public school naturalistic indoctrination and embrace the divine truth of Genesis 1:1 😉

This week I’d like to summarize the past few weeks we covered verse 5… here it is altogether…

1^st Corinthians 13:5
Love… does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

Does any of this come naturally to us? To answer that question, look at toddlers.

They behave rudely, they want what they want when they want it, any little thing that is disagreeable to them is a major issue, and they certainly won’t freely admit to sneaking the chocolate candy bar into their room, to indulge in it when no one is looking. Ha!

Am I right or am I right?

 Say these toddlers grow up with little good influences…

When they drive, do they slow down to let people merge in front of them?

When they shop, do they make a bee-line to the shoe section to purchase awesome shoes for Grandma?

When they are screamed at by their spouse, do they loving smile in return and say, “There there, it’ll be ok…”?

When they surf the Internet late at night, are they reading the online version of 101 Ways to Love Your Spouse?

Love… does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

See now this quality of love is of a higher order.

With fallen people all around, sinful attitudes dominant in the fabric of our culture, and many other things like these, the natural progression is toward a self-centeredness that stifles love. But the love given by the Holy Spirit does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

 Do you need to forsake that toddler within you? Let that old nature die. And let Christ give you new life. Only then will true love towards God and others be possible.

**Comments/ questions/ testimonies/ objections most encouraged!

Dear Lord, thank you for this time to consider Your word and Your ways. May our thoughts, words, and deeds bring You glory… and glory to You alone. –Amen

Peace,
Jim