Love is … III

“Or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged” 1 Cor.13:5

#5. Love is not rude. Rudeness seems to be increasing with each new generation. But God’s Word is consistent and it says love is not rude.

#6. Love does not insist on its own right. Love is not self-seeking. Relationships that will survive whether with your siblings, parents, intended life partner, or spouse, will only survive on love and not by seeking your own way. Countless number of marriages have dissolved today simply because one person insists on his or her own way – one person is self-seeking. For your relationship to work, you cannot always insist on your own right or your own way. That is being self-seeking. Meekness on the other hand is not insisting on your own right. And someone says meekness is not weakness, meekness is power under control. That simply means, even when you know it is your right, you do not take it as your right. Instead, you give your right away. That is tough but that is love!

#7. Love is not irritable. It is not fretful or resentful. So when you discover that in your horizontal relationships, you are irritable at someone know that is not love. When you see resentment growing and taking hold, that is not love.

#8. Love does not keep record of wrong. Some people will tell you the year, the month, the day, the time, the place, and what you were wearing when you wronged them. How do you survive in that kind of relationship? Love does not keep record of wrong! The closest relationship ever really is the relationship between a husband and his wife and that is where you can experience the greatest joy. However, the closer the relationship, the higher the vulnerability, and the deeper the pain. So when hurtful things happen sometimes we are unwilling to let it go. Some people under the guise of journaling keep record of the wrong in their journals. While there is nothing wrong with keeping journals, God has told us the kind of journals not to keep. When it is of wrong do not write it down. And when we are able to get to that place where our hearts are so in tune with God and we do not keep record of wrong, the quality of our lives will be so amazing. The problem with keeping record of wrong is that when you see the person who wronged you, that is all you can see about them. Forgive and let it go. Do not keep record of wrong.

Prayer: Father, teach me to love as You love and as it is written in Your Word, in Jesus Name.