“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.”
I Corinthians 13:4-7
It is awfully hard to
simultaneously hold on to an offense and love the offender.
So how do we deal
with offense?
Look again at what
that first sentence said.
A person filled with
the love of God has no room for anything else!
Stay filled up with
God’s love.
That will leave
little room for offenses to stay or grow larger.
Let’s not complicate
this –
Suppose you had a cup
that measured and held exactly 6 ounces.
Now, let’s suppose we
filled that cup up with 6 ounces of ‘liquid love’.
How much more room is there in that cup for
anything else?
None!
It is not capable of holding
an ounce of offense.
Not even 1/10th
of an ounce of any records of wrongs.
That ‘space’ is
already fully occupied by God’s love.
I know, it sounds too
simple doesn’t it?
It really is that
simple.
I didn’t say easy, I
said simple.
Our flesh wants to
hold on to wrongs against us.
It is difficult for
us to let them go.
We love that
record-keeping.
That’s why we need to
remain in His love.
Don’t make room for
offenses.
Stay full of God’s
love!
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