CEDARDALE CHURCH in Pefferlaw, Town of Georgina, Ontario

Love Assumes the Best

2/14/2011

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Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7)

Love has no limits. Love never says, “You’ve gone too far.  I can’t love you now.”  “All things” means everything is included.  Christlike love leaves no doubt in the mind of another that you will continue to love steadfastly.  Do those close to you know that they can fail and do foolish things, yet you will not falter in your love for them?  Are others assured that, even when they hurt you, you still love them, holding nothing against them?

Love assumes the best about others.  If someone inadvertently offends you, you choose to believe the offense was unintentional.  If someone seeks to harm you, you “bear all things,” forgiving unconditionally.  If a positive light can be shed on a difficult encounter, you grasp it.  If someone continually provokes you, you “endure all things.”  You never lose hope in the ones you love.  You practice the same unconditional love toward others that Christ gives to you.

Paul said that he was nothing if he had the faith to move mountains, the tongue of an angel, and the gift of prophecy to understand all mysteries, yet did not have God’s love.  It is unacceptable to say, “Well, I just can’t love people that way!”  When God loves people through you, this is the only kind of love He has!  Read 1 Corinthians 13 with gratitude that God has already expressed this complete and selfless love to you.  Pray and ask Him to express it through you now, to others.

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