In my previous post I cited the ever popular Corinthians
passage on what it means to love someone:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it
does not boast, it is not proud. It does not
dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight
in evil but rejoices with the truth. It
always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (1
Corinthians 13: 4-7)
For the next few weeks or so I would
like to systematically go through each of the characteristics of love and spend
some time reflecting on them and how we can better implement these principles
in our lives. I’m using myself as something of a guinea pig for this series (am
I a serious enough blogger to have a series??) and I want to see how I actually
go about loving people.
Some questions I would like to reflect on, and I’d love any
of my readers to join me in this little project, are:
- Did I love by being (patient, kind, etc) today?
- Some examples of when I did
- And, because it’s quite likely this will happen, some examples where I didn’t
- What made it difficult or challenging to love people in those circumstances?
- Is there anything in particular that I’d like to bring before God? For example, did I find myself being patient in most circumstances except when I was running late and why did this cause me to stumble?
Now as I have blogged about perfectionism before I am so
totally going to submit myself and this ‘series’ before God. I want to do this
so I can share my experiences and hopefully encourage others. I do not want it to become an episode of ‘MB
trying to satisfy her pride by setting ridiculously, unattainable standards for
herself.’ Because that’s never fun. Trust me.
Let us do this to glorify God, to decrease ourselves so that
the Lord may increase.
