Seed for Aug 20

1 Cor 13:55 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.(NIV)

This is a powerful verse, describing the love of God. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by His Spirit. There is a big difference between man's love and God's love, and most vividly demonstrated by the fact, "we" keep score of wrongs done us, and when we fight we bring them all up! "You remember when you did this or that, and you remember when you failed to do this or that..." And so goes the score keeping of injustices done to us by someone else. But God's love forgets the wrong done, forgives and forgets, and does not remember it against us ever again. There is not one, not anyone that will not cause offense to someone else sometime. There will not be one person who offends not, but we as Christians with the love of God in our heart will forget and forgive and not put it on "account". When wronged we will love anyway, and turn the other cheek. When wronged we will act as tho there has been no trespass. We will keep no record of wrong. We won't have a ledger book to get out and use against someone else. Let's see the flip side of this record. We keep score, a record of all wrong done to us, and we won't forget or forgive, so we build a "layered cake of offenses". This causes us to be full of all bitterness, and wrath, and hatefulness. So I guess the choice is ours.....we can hold it all in and be bitter, unforgiving, and build our own "layer cake" of accounting...on account of you did me wrong, or we can let the Love of God melt our hearts and to cause us to love one another with a godly love. I believe the true saying that says Charity (agape love) starts at home. It is not he that loves in word, but he that loves in deed that will be justified. Be blessed.

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