Giving up Love: God's Love in You, Part 4
Have you ever given up on love? If so,
then according to the Bible, it wasn't love at all, because love
never gives up!
Why is it, anyway, that husbands and women
search for better candidates?
"I am tired of my spouse," some
say. But do you really think that you will find someone better? In all
honesty, we will never find a perfect angel, and most times, this only
leads to another divorce. And what about the children? Now these
children will have to go to another
home with a new step mom or dad
to get used to. Is that true love?
I remember a grade 7 student
telling me that she hated her parents. She felt that they don't care
about her at all. She felt she was completely alone. When I asked why,
she responded that her parents fought constantly. They were already
divorced, but they fought with their new spouses as well. This student
found no peace anywhere. She felt that love was nowhere, and sometimes
she just wanted to run away.
What about your elderly neighbor.
In the winter, she cannot go get food? Do we care? What about the snow
on her driveway? It's too heavy for an elderly person to shovel. Will
you show love?
I wish everyone would remember every morning and
evening that love is the most important thing in life. Why can't we
simply live to love? Why can't we throw arguments into the garbage?
Remember that only with genuine love will you be happy. I urge you
to pray that you can accept that love and spread it to everyone around
you. The elderly will thank you. Your spouse/friends/children will thank
you. When you love genuinely at all times, you will find happiness
yourself. Genuinely love all the time and you will be happy.
Love
will thrive, just like a plant. You forget to give water to the plant,
it will die. You take care of it, your plant will become a gorgeous
plant.
"Love never gives up." (1 Cor 13:4 MSG)
What will
you chose: Love or indifference?
Rob Chaffart
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