Stay in love. This has become my motto for life, my passion. I have learned from experience that when I “love” something – it drives me. I am an emotional being and love the feeling of loving something. The important thing to remember is what exactly love is. The Bible clearly defines what love is in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (amplified version):
4. Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on it’s own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
8. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
After reading the details of this passage – I realized how little I knew about love!!! For years, my perception of love is what I could do for someone. God tells us here that love is so much more than that! I am not perfect by far; but, I strive daily to be the best I can be in Christ! I have so much learning to do and so many things to adjust in my life. One thing I know for sure is that I need love to do it – not just any kind of love – God’s love to me, through me, and towards Him! I pray that He teaches me what His love is and how to receive and recognize it.
The title of this blog is “Stay in Love”. I picked this title because it is what I am choosing to live by. When you are in love with something, it is where your passion is birthed; nothing and no one can come up against you in your own mind when you love something! I often look back at missed opportunities that I have come across and realize that if I would have stayed in love with the Father – I may not have missed it. I challenge all who may read this to stay in love with God – place Him first – and everything else will fall in place. Look at love from God’s perspective and display it in your own life. We must first learn to love God and accept His love in order to love others with a God-style love. The human race is thirsty for God. They all have a void to be filled and searching for something to fill it with – all searching and not realizing that what they need has been here the whole time: Interceding for us, calling us, and longing for us! Ephesians 1:4-5 tells us that “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will”. God picked us long before the earth was even in existence! How awesome is that??? It is our job to let others know about God and His love for us! Once they have truly experienced the love of God – lives are changed and people are never the same again. May I learn to grown in the Love of the Lord daily so that He may use me to show His love to others! Remember this: people may not remember any circumstances or things that happen, but they will remember the love that was or was not shown to them!
This blog is dedicated to my sweet Jesus, my family, friends, the broken, and brothers & sisters in Christ. I may not post every day – but I will post as led and hope to grow with it – and possibly help someone else along the way!
XOXO
Clare
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