Empower your Day in Just Seconds
Grantley Morris
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It is tragically common for people to use the word love when they really mean the exact opposite. They mean lust a selfish longing to exploit a person. For them, love is getting what they want. In contrast, true love is generously giving what the other person wants. It is respecting people and wanting their happiness above ones own. Genuine love is so beautiful and so rare that it seems almost unbelievable, especially when so many of us have only ever seen the fake. Some child abusers even claim it is an act of love to beat their children senseless, but heres the truth: Love is patient, love is kind . . . it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. . . . It always protects, always trusts . . . (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). Having God in ones life produces . . . patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, . . . gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). Arrogant self-righteousness deeply grieves the God who made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant (Philippians 2:7) and would not so much as break what everyone else regards as a good-for-nothing bruised reed, or snuff out a smelly, smoldering wick (Matthew 12:20). Taken from Afraid of God Touch hearts! May be freely copied. Just include this notice: © Grantley Morris, www.net-burst.com
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