"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." (1 Corinthians 13:1) This verse is one of the more recognizable verses in the Bible. You hear it read at weddings often and even some funerals and memorials services.
When I read these verses, they mean to me that no matter what I do or what I say, if my heart is not filled with love I am just a lot of noise. The motive behind all actions must be love or the actions are meaningless. Could you just imagine what our world would be like if we all loved, if every move we made was motivated by love?
This sounds so simple, so easy to do. Why is our world in the condition it is in? Why do so many reject love while embracing greed and suspicion? Why do so many of God’s children go to bed hungry every night?
I have come to realize that change must happen with me first. I cannot expect you to love me if I do not love you. As the sixth and seventh verse of 1 Corinthians 13 reads, “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." It has to begin right here, with me and I tell you I love all of you reading this right now. God loves you too.
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When I read these verses, they mean to me that no matter what I do or what I say, if my heart is not filled with love I am just a lot of noise. The motive behind all actions must be love or the actions are meaningless. Could you just imagine what our world would be like if we all loved, if every move we made was motivated by love?
This sounds so simple, so easy to do. Why is our world in the condition it is in? Why do so many reject love while embracing greed and suspicion? Why do so many of God’s children go to bed hungry every night?
I have come to realize that change must happen with me first. I cannot expect you to love me if I do not love you. As the sixth and seventh verse of 1 Corinthians 13 reads, “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." It has to begin right here, with me and I tell you I love all of you reading this right now. God loves you too.
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