Wondering About Grace

"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 ." - 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 And here we continue in the God is Love series with two things that love does not do, and two things that love isn't. "[Love] does not dishonor others" Honor and dishonor are values that in some cultures and of central value, but in America, they aren't commonly used, so it's important to ask, what does dishonoring others mean? To dishonor is to insult, to shame others. It is to attempt to take honor (respect, reverence) away from someone through hurtful means.  Dishonor never comes from a place of love, dishonor tries to hurt others,  it comes from places of jealousy and malice, but clearly not from places of love. Because love doesn't shame others.  It doesn't try to hurt them or to lower them. Love seeks to...

I've been on vacation over the past week, so in lieu  of a continuation of my God is Love se ries today I've decided to post a bit of poetry that I wrote while on vacation, I hope you enjoy! Two words so similar yet complete opposites they begin with worth end with not and they are us The first is our beginning worthless without value there is no price small enough for worthless it lacks worth value it is worth nothing it is nothing worthless The second can be our future priceless infinite value there is no price high enough for priceless beyond worth value it is worth so much is it invaluable priceless ~~~ We start out as worthless without value but ever desperate to gain it we throw ourselves at anything we think will give us worth and our hearts grow heavy when it fails us worthless Yet, when we are offered this chance to be priceless we shy away from it because that pricelessness it doe...

"It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." 1 Corinthians 13:4b Here 1 Cor. 13 introduces three things that love is not; envious, boastful, or proud. And, by reverse, we can say that love is content with what it has, doesn't exaggerate itself, and doesn't think too much of itself. It's humble. Now let's get to digging deep and applying these things to God. ~~~ "It does not envy." Love doesn't go around wanting, it's content with what it has, and it doesn't mind when other people have good things. An important thing to remember here is to not swing too far with this, love doesn't envy, but that doesn't mean love doesn't work towards things that it wants, but that love isn't focused on what it doesn't have, but what it does. But, how do we apply this to God? Can He even envy, if He's the most powerful being in the universe? Let's put it a different way, God's content...