God IS….LOVE
My heart has been a little heavy today. My fuse has been short…and it’s weighing on me.
I’ve decided to camp out in 1 Corinthians 13…the “love chapter”.
I’ve recently discovered a song on Reynolds’ new “learn about Jesus” cd: Love will never end. It’s based on 1 Corinthians 13 {from what I can tell at least…}. And it is so. good. I could listen to it very often.
So today when I sent Andrew a text apologizing for being such a jerk…blah…I thought on this song, these verses, this good word.
Then I was reminded of a sweet wedding we attended this summer for a friend at Church. I don’t think she’ll mind me sharing this part of her wedding ceremony…
Our pastor read the passage from 1 Corinthians 13, starting at verse 4, but instead of “Love”, he used “God”. And I feel like it’s a really good reminder {especially for me} that even in our failings to show love and grace and kindness…HE always does.
Here are the verses as they were read in that wedding ceremony: God is patient, God is kind. God does not envy or boast; God is not arrogant or rude. God does not insist on His own way; He is not irritable or resentful. God does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices at the truth. God bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, {He} endures all things.
I am thankful that HE is all of these things, even when I am the scum of the earth…or at least feel like it.
He is love. He is grace. He is kindness and He is joy.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.