“Eagerly pursue and
seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest];”
I Corinthians 14:1a
(Amplified)
You stop for the red
light.
A homeless man holds
a sign.
“Please help- I am
hungry.”
You are already late
for your next appointment.
What motivates your
choice to stop and help or to speed off when the light turns green?
Your boss calls you
into his office.
His offer seems too
good to be true.
And it is.
The promotion comes
with doubled workloads on a plate already overflowing.
Your wife is beyond
stressed with the weight at home and your added ‘away time’ won’t help.
What motivates your
choice to say “Yes” to boss or “Yes” to wife?
You write the next
scenario.
I believe you can.
Life always gives us
choices between choosing love or…
…or our schedule, our
career, money, power, prestige, and (as they say) the list goes on and on and
on….
Walk through today
with your eyes wide open.
What are the choices
I am faced with?
Based on those
choices, what motivates my decisions?
Is it God’s love?
Would my choice put a
smile on Gods’ face?
Would I choose something
far, far less than that?
I know what you’re
thinking – “It’s more complicated than that.”
Is it…
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