Loving.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Love is the fulfilling of the law.
We are to LOVE.
It sounds easy enough but it really isn't, not when you truly comprehend what it means to LOVE.
We have to go over it again, I have to go over it again. I've had a really rough night filled with irritation that I allowed to cause me to react far from what I imagine loving is supposed to be.
Co 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1Co 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Co 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1Co 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Suffers long! It doesn't get upset easily! It isn't mean! It doesn't envy! It doesn't make itself important! It's not unseemly! It doesn't rejoice in sin! It rejoices in TRUTH.
I read this and I make myself sick at how unloving I am.
Mean and nasty that's how I've been described just tonight. I don't WANT to be mean and nasty! Why is it soooo easy to be this way towards those who are closest to you?!
It was just a card game but my 'I WANT TO WIN' demon rises up in me and I succumb to it.
I just told my hubby that I will try by best not to be nasty next week at our weekly card game with my mother, God help me.
Maybe that is the first step here, hopefully, prayerfully. Recognizing it not just internally but outwardly. I don't WANT to react with meanest. I'm not yelling, it's mostly my attitude. It's just not nice at all when I play games.
The easy solution would be NOT to play cards, but my mother enjoys this time with us, a lot! And I want to spend this time with her. She's not young and having her over for dinner and cards allows us to spend a lot more time with each other than we would otherwise. Are there other things we could do? Yes, but any game would bring this out in me. Could we just sit around? Yes, but would just sitting around give us the same time, the same interaction. It's not all bad. We've been doing this for a long time now. Some days are better than others, I'm not always nasty, by the GRACE of GOD, thank GOD! We enjoy ourselves and there's a fine line between the fun competitive edge and it slipping over into nastiness.
This is a confession, this blog today, and anyone reading it I hope and pray you will pray for me! I want to be LOVING, I want to LOVE as my God would have me LOVE. I want to fulfilled God's LAW and love others as I know He wants me too!
Please LORD, help me!
More tomorrow by the grace of God.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Love is the fulfilling of the law.
We are to LOVE.
It sounds easy enough but it really isn't, not when you truly comprehend what it means to LOVE.
We have to go over it again, I have to go over it again. I've had a really rough night filled with irritation that I allowed to cause me to react far from what I imagine loving is supposed to be.
Co 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1Co 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Co 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1Co 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Suffers long! It doesn't get upset easily! It isn't mean! It doesn't envy! It doesn't make itself important! It's not unseemly! It doesn't rejoice in sin! It rejoices in TRUTH.
I read this and I make myself sick at how unloving I am.
Mean and nasty that's how I've been described just tonight. I don't WANT to be mean and nasty! Why is it soooo easy to be this way towards those who are closest to you?!
It was just a card game but my 'I WANT TO WIN' demon rises up in me and I succumb to it.
I just told my hubby that I will try by best not to be nasty next week at our weekly card game with my mother, God help me.
Maybe that is the first step here, hopefully, prayerfully. Recognizing it not just internally but outwardly. I don't WANT to react with meanest. I'm not yelling, it's mostly my attitude. It's just not nice at all when I play games.
The easy solution would be NOT to play cards, but my mother enjoys this time with us, a lot! And I want to spend this time with her. She's not young and having her over for dinner and cards allows us to spend a lot more time with each other than we would otherwise. Are there other things we could do? Yes, but any game would bring this out in me. Could we just sit around? Yes, but would just sitting around give us the same time, the same interaction. It's not all bad. We've been doing this for a long time now. Some days are better than others, I'm not always nasty, by the GRACE of GOD, thank GOD! We enjoy ourselves and there's a fine line between the fun competitive edge and it slipping over into nastiness.
This is a confession, this blog today, and anyone reading it I hope and pray you will pray for me! I want to be LOVING, I want to LOVE as my God would have me LOVE. I want to fulfilled God's LAW and love others as I know He wants me too!
Please LORD, help me!
More tomorrow by the grace of God.
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