"I Love You"
This is a statement I hold very dear to my heart. My love language is words of affirmation. It means so much to me when a person takes the time to send a detailed card, email, or comment; or calls me on the phone and shares encouraging and thoughtful words. I love to be told, "I love you", and to know that the person on the other end means it.
Because this statement carries so much weight, I say it carefully. it's not a phrase I use in casual passing, or simply because someone says it to me. I only say it when I mean it.
Here's what the Word of God says about LOVE...
" Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. "
(I Corinthians 13:4-8)
Let that sink in.
Do we genuinely cherish the word and action of love, or has it become a part of vocabulary said out of mere obligation?
Love is a vow. Love is a responsibility. Love is sacred.
I thought about the people I care about today. Then I thought about the people I love.
After taking a close look inside my heart, I realize there are some things I need to fix within myself in order to love in a true sense. At times I have been resentful, rude, and impatient tho those I love.
All these attributes spoke of in Corinthians are elements I want my character to be deeply rooted in.
God is love.
And I want to be like Him.
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