I pray every day for God to help me love others and to truly have compassion and I fail every single day. I know that God does not want me to give up on this area and that He specifically places in my life opportunities to love others.
My sinful character chooses to criticize, be annoyed, irritated and disappointed rather then see the person from the inside and just love them no matter what...character is a challenge and love is so beyond my comprehension. God loves me and I expect it and desire it and need it but I so struggle to give it, see it and dwell on it.
I tried to memorize the love chapter in 1 Corinthians and I have to admit that I completely failed and gave up, why was it so difficult? I'm pretty sure it wasn't my getting old memory but the challenge of memorizing words that I really can't grasp or live and the conviction was my barrier.
I must try again and truly meditate on each word and God's amazing, overwhelming, fantastic, perfect LOVE!
Do you love easily without hesitation or do you struggle to love?
Luke 10:27 (NIV)
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”
Yay, you're blogging:) This made me think about how it's easy for me to love some people, no matter how they behave, and tough for me to love others when they behave the same way...I think I need to figure out why that is. Some people in my life get infinite grace, while I'm so quick to be irritated or angered by others...
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