Love....

One of my favorite passages in the Bible is I Corinthians 13:4-8.

    "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 trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

The Bible speaks in many places that God IS love.  Read the passage above again, but this time substitute the word "God" for the word "love".  These are all the things that God is to us and that God does for us.  

The age old concept is that we are to show "God's love".  I would challenge you to look at "love" not as an emotional feeling or response.  I would challenge you to look at all the ways in which you can show God to people.  This passage tells us exactly who God is and how He would look to us.

Start with patience.  I pulled these quotes from a book I am reading called "The Love Dare":

    "Patience brings an internal calm to an external storm....Patience is a deep breath"

    "Patience gives people  permission to be human"

So...today...dare to be patient and show others just how God looks and feels!

        I DOUBLE DARE YOU!