I would like to talk to you today about
love. Have you ever found yourself in a
situation where you had to work with
someone you could not love? Remember
that God loves that person as much as He
loves you and me. What an impressive
thought! It is not our ability to love,
but God’s love flowing through us into
the unlovable person with whom we
work or live. Love covers a multitude of
sins. It forgives the faults of others.
When attending Bible College, a neighbor
lady chewed my wife out good for
something she thought the children
had done. I was so angry at her that I
wanted to talk to her husband about
her attitude, but I did not. Later that
evening, I heard a knock. When I opened
the door, there stood my neighbor with a
large platter of freshly baked doughnuts.
“For you,” she said. How delicious! Later
that evening, there was another knock at
the door. This time she was holding a
beautiful chenille bedspread. And two nice
bed pillows. “I had these stored away and
was not using them. I am wondering if
you could use them?” she asked.
Could we ever!
When we allow God to replace our love with
His love, we become more sensitive to others.
Allow God to change you by His Love. He will
then change others where you work and live.
Father, thank you for putting me in a situation
where I might reveal your love to others today.
Amen.
No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father. John 15:13-15 CSB
