And the Greatest of these is Love

February is the month of Love, said very well by Sandi  Patty

Love in any Language

Straight from the heart

Pulls us all together

Never apart

And once we learn to speak it

All the world will hear

Love in any language

Fluently spoken here

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days. (NLT)

John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. (NIV)
1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 13:13 
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. (NLT)

 What makes love so amazing? For starters, it is what motivated the Father to send His only Son to die for us. Without love, there would have been no redemption for mankind. Not only would we be without love, but without the redemption that was precipitated by love, there would also be no faith, and no hope. You see, nothing else matters, without love. It is foundational for every other good thing in our lives.

Do With What You Have Been Given

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then   you will be able to test and approve what Gods will is, His good and perfect and pleasing will. Romans 12:2

 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. Philippians 4:8

Eric Elder from "The Ranch" said today, "The way you think of yourself is often affected by what others say about you"  If you hear something enough times you start to believe it.

 "Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you-for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others" (Ecclesiastes 7:21-22) 

Renew your mind today in the way you think of yourself .Take what others say about you with a grain of salt, then take it to God for His perspective. Do what God has created you to do, "in accordance with the measure of faith that He has given you." If God has created you to prophesy, then prophesy in proportion to your faith.  If God has created you to serve, then serve in accordance with the amount of faith God has given you.  If teaching, teach, if encouraging, encourage, if giving, give generously, if leading, govern diligently, if showing mercy, show it cheerfully.

We all know we have certain talents that others do not.  Sometimes we think, we'd rather have what they have, but when it comes right down to it, we just feel more comfortable doing what comes naturally to us than trying to fit into someone else's skin. By living your life in this way, it releases you from comparing yourself with others, and from the pitfalls of both pride and low self-esteem.  In the spiritual body, some are fitted for and called to one sort of work; others for another sort of work. We are to do all the good we can, one to another, and for the common benefit.  That doesn't mean we can simply say, "I'm not good at anything and then just sit back and do nothing. For "with Christ" all things are possible, in accordance with the faith that He has given us.
Albert Einstein is quoted as saying:

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."