What Kinda Love Is This
- Heidi Eva Jones
- Oct 3, 2021
- 5 min read
Volume 10 Issue 9
Greeting in His Name,
I recognize that this is issue is for September. The time of the season when leaves fall and the outside start to take on warmers colors and colder temperature. It's a time of the year that many love. It's that time of year when couple can cozy up together, and friends can share a cup of hot cocoa, and we can began to bring out the sweater and wrap up. A time to share our love. This article could have been saved to share in February but I thought let's start a trend; Loverday. Love ‘er’ Day or Love Everyday! Not just in February. So with that being said, today's blog is entitled What Kinda Love Is This? Hope you find some inspiration, conviction, and queries.
shalom and love,
heidi
I Corinthians 13: 4-8a CEV Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. Love never fails!
While sitting in a marriage conference some years ago; that also catered to singles, we began to go over the above scripture. In just reading the scripture, there was a newlywed couple there and the husband asked, ‘What kinda love is this?’ This statement put something on my mind. Hmm, what kind of love is this –GOD? Today, let’s see if we can delve into it and find out.
In the opening of I Corinthians 13 we find that Paul explains that he could speak with many tongues, have great understanding and give all he has away but if he doesn’t have love, he has nothing. You would think that operating in all those areas he mentioned would put you somewhere with God but it doesn’t if you don’t possess love. God is love and to possess anything above that is nothing. The word says Love is kind and patient. Now there are times when you may feel a situation warrants a lack of kindness and patience. You know. That person that works your last nerve. That person that pushes that button. But not so with God. If God lost it every time we made a mistake, and I mean mistakes that are persistent, that never change, where would we be? Certainly not in relationship with God but not so because he is kind and patient it should stir something in us to give people a little more grace. Love is never jealous, boastful or proud. Jealousy is never in order. God made us all. He didn’t make us to look at each other in disdain but as a fellow creation that the Almighty made. Then I have to ask, can I boast about anything? It is Christ that is risen, that sits on the throne, interceding for us all. So if I boast in anything, it is Him. And don't we all have those moments of wrongful pride. But in God, the inner man recognizes that love knows how to bow down, it is not proud. It truly knows it place and is always willing to stay there.
It also says that Love is never rude; lets stop there. We’re talking road rage, vulgar language, tearing down ones character, whispering, senseless killing, and abuse; to name a few. Being rude has become the norm. There are no feelings for the next person, and its even worst when it spews out the household of faith. Often times when I walk out into the world I think about that old song, Where is the Love? Lord help us. Love is not selfish, quick tempered, or keep record of wrong. Let me share this, do something nice for someone and stop being a self—fish, looking out for me, myself and I. It is better to give than to receive; every time I give my heart feels more blessed than when I receive. Recognize quick tempers; just this morning a friend sent me an article of three different occasions within a few days where kids were killed by their parents. What was it that pushed them to this extreme point, more than likely a quick temper. We all need to watch our temper. People can push you but take the advice of Luke 21:19, in your patience possess ye your souls. If you let someone rile you up, they possess you. Take yourself back by watching your temper. Now, keeping record. How can I keep record of wrong when I can do nothing with the record. Christ has the ability to expunge the record. So my record-keeping is useless. Don't waste your time drop the record and move on. And keep in mine you may have a record.
Love rejoices in truth, not evil. To hold back the truth is a lie. And God hates liars; as a matter of fact there is a lake set aside for you. To not fully expose the truth in this scripture is liking yourself to being evil. Have you ever ran across someone's path and they use words in a manipulative way to keep themselves covered with you and supposedly God? If you have, God Bless you and if you haven’t, please pray for covering that you don’t. This action is outright evil. Be truthFUL! Look, when you are not truthful, you can’t even REJOICE! Mercy! Love can be found to be supportive, loyal, hopeful and trusting. If your record was written by your peers, would they say you are a supportive person, there when they need you and when they don’t? Would they say you are loyal? Perfect example of loyalty is Ruth. Look at Ruth 2:15-18. Naomi couldn’t persuade Ruth to leave. She was determined to stick with her mother-in-law; to support her - to be loyal to her. As well, your hopefulness will not be put to shame. Hope helps you see a loving God. Hope helps you to see beyond what’s around and know that because God loves you He will make it happen. Now for the T-word; trust. Why not trust an All-knowing, All-powerful, All-loving God. If I can’t trust anyone else I can trust God. Now there are some that will take you on a rope when it comes to trusting them. But we have to always be assured that if we are children of God we can be pushed ’on that rope’ but He won’t let us fall. They may just be the ones to fall and we assist them in love to get back up.
Lastly, Love never fails. Love never fails! God never fails. And because he is the perfect example of love; Love never fails.
LIFE QUOTE
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."
-Bruce Lee
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