GOD, WHEN I AM BLIND YOU ARE MY EYES...

1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7
LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD, IT IS NOT RUDE, 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 HOPES, ALWAYS PERSERVERES. LOVE NEVER FAILS.


THIS PASSAGE IS SAYING THERE IS NO GREATER GIFT THAN LOVE. LOVE OVERCOMES EVERY OBSTACLE. GOD IS LOVE AND HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER. LOVE IS PATIENT WHEN YOUR FRUSTRATED, KIND WHEN OTHERS ARE UNKIND, LOVE SEEKS THE GOOD OUT OF OTHERS. LOVE DOESN'T GET MAD EASILY NOR HOLD GRUDGES. LOVE IS TRUSTING, PROTECTIVE, HOPEFUL, AND STRONG.LOVE NEVER FAILS. I CHOOSE THIS PASSAGE AS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE LOVE SEEMS TO BE MY GREATEST CHALLENGE. LOVE COMES FROM A PURE HEART, A GOOD CONSCIENCE, AND SINCERE FAITH. LOVE GETS HARD WHEN YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE LOVE SOMEONE HAS FOR YOU, BUT PSLAMS 13:5 SAYS I TRUST IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE. LOVE IS THE GLUE THAT BINDS ALL OTHER PARTS OF LIFE TOGETHER. LOVE IS AN ACTION WORD; IT ISN'T SOMETHING YOU FEEL ITS SOMETHING YOU DO. BEING KIND IS PUTTING LOVE INTO ACTION. 1 JOHN 3:18 SAYS LET US NOT LOVE WITH WORDS OR TONGUE BUT IN ACTIONS WITH TRUTH. GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU IS STRONGER THAN THE STRONGEST HUMAN LOVE. GOD PROVED HIS LOVE WHEN CHRIST HUNG, BLED, AND DIED, GOD WAS TELLING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US "I LOVE YOU".


THE SCRIPTURE THAT STOOD OUT THE MOST TO ME WAS VERSE "6" LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. IT STOOD OUT BECAUSE I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY PARENTS SAID THEY LOVED ME, BUT YET HELD ON TO MY WRONGS OF THE PAST. I COULDN'T MOVE ON BECAUSE THEY HELD IT AGAINST ME. I QUESTIONED DOES LOVE COME FROM DAY TO DAY OR DOES IT EVENTUALLY FADE AWAY? I WAS AFRAID OF IT, EVERY TIME LOVE CAME I QUIT. I THOUGHT LOVE WASN'T REAL, OR JUST SOMETHING TO SAY TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING YOU LIKED. LOVE SCARED ME BECAUSE IT MEANT A BOND AND CONNECTION TO THE PERSON YOU SAID IT TO, AND ONE DAY THEY WOULD LEAVE YOU. BUT I LEARNED JUST BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SHOWN THEIR LOVE DOESN'T MEAN I STOP LOVING OTHERS. AND RUN FROM THOSE WHO LOVE ME BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE YOU CAN'T RUN FROM WHO IS ALWAYS GOING TO LOVE YOU, "GOD."


THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF LOVE: AGAPE, PHELIA, AND EROS. AGAPE IS GODLY LOVE. PHELIA IS LOVE FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND EROS IS ROMANTIC LOVE. MOST OF US HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE THROUGH PHELIA AND EROS WHICH TURNS INTO HURT OR DISAPPOINTMENT. IT COMES WITH CONDITIONS AND EXPECTATIONS. LOVING OTHERS ISN'T OPTIONAL IT'S MANDATORY. MOST OF THE TIME WE GET CAUGHT UP IN BRE'S LOVE, OR SANDY'S LOVE, BUT WE ARE NOT LOVING IN GOD'S LOVE WHICH IS UNCONDITIONAL. LOVE ISN'T ABOUT YOU IT'S ABOUT OTHERS. YOU ARE CALLED TO DO SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE. SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS MARKED BY SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE BEING PUT INTO ACTION. YOU ASK THE LORD TO DIRECT YOUR PATH WELL PSALMS 42:8 SAYS BY DAY THE LORD DIRECTS HIS LOVE. SO LOVE IS WHAT GUIDES YOU EVERYDAY, WITHOUT LOVE THERE IS NO RIGHT PATH. GOD SAYS LOVE YOUR ENEMY'S. YOU WANT GOD TO FORGIVE AND FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO FORGIVE OTHERS FIRST. LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY AND HATE IS TOO GREAT A BURDEN TO BEAR. WE TEND TO THROW THE WORD LOVE AROUND ALOT. I LOVE CHOCOLATE, I LOVE SHOES, OR I LOVE THAT CD. CHOCOLATE-2.00, SHOES-90.00, BUT LOVE PRICELESS. YOU WILL FIND AS YOU LOOK BACK UPON YOUR LIFE THAT THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU REALLY LIVED ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. LOVE NEVER FAILS!!
WRITTEN BY:ABRYANNA AKA BRE