"When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand, where the winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone, where no wind can ever erase it.""Love... keeps no record of wrongs" (1 Corinthians 13:5b)
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Eric Elder of The Ranch, said this week,"In Paul's letter to the Romans, he includes more than a dozen statements about what love looks like when it's sincere.
- Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.
- Honor one another above yourselves.
- Honor one another above yourselves.
- Share with God's people who are in need.
- Practice hospitality.
- Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
- Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
- Live in harmony with one another.
- Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.
- Do not be conceited.
- Do not repay anyone evil for evil.
- Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
- Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath
- Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with goodLove is the greatest power in the world, but
Romans 12:9 says, Love must be sincere.
and James 3:17, But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincereWhat if we, as Christians, were so filled with the Holy Spirit that people could immediately tell that we’re Christians simply by the love and joy that radiates from within us?In Loving Sencerity
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