Love never fails!

Love never fails! 

It's been awhile since I wrote my last post.  So, I thought it time to write again.  When I think of "love never failing" it gives me a warm feeling in my heart.  Isn't it true that we can make it through most anything if we know we are loved!  It gives us this hidden energy to fight whatever battle we have in front of us.  Sometimes it is difficult to love, because in order to love, we need to take the focus off of ourselves and put it on someone else.  I think we all have the tendency to think and say, "what about me?"

What about me, is really all about you!  I think God gave us the ability to look beyond ourselves and to connect with love outside of who we are.  In fact this, I think is our purpose.  It is to love outside of ourselves.  One of the greatest commandments was to love our neighbor as ourselves and to love God with our whole being. Luke 10:27

Recently I have been trying to learn more about the Jewish culture and language.  There is a word called "Mitzvah" it is so important in the Jewish culture and it means to do a mission, to be connected - a good deed toward your brother or neighbor.  One of God's greatest commandments.  

This morning's message was all about compassion!  Something we often don't think much about in this world of competition and chaos.  There are so many verses in the bible that talk about compassion.  It's an attribute of Love!  

  Ephesians 4:32 - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Galatians 6:2 - Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Matthew 7:12 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Galatians 5:22-23 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  (Read More...)

Luke 10:30-35 - And Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving [him] half dead.   (Read More...)

Matthew 9:36-38 - But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.   (Read More...)

1 Thessalonians 5:11-14 - Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.  (Read More...)

1 Peter 3:8 - Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:

1 Peter 4:10 - As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Galatians 2:10 - Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Always remember, love never fails!