1 Corinthians 13:3 (ESV) — If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my
body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
NOTE: It is not
about what you do, but what is the reason for what you do. Love is certainly
shown in action. But action can be motivated by reasons other than love. A
person can serve to be seen. A person can give away great sums of money out of
pride, not because they actually care. We need to love first. We need to be the
person who is stricken in our soul out of compassion, empathy, and love for the
other person. Actions are nice, but a person without love is like an unpainted
wall -- no one is moved by it. Unloving people are not enjoyable. You do not
like being with them. They are critical of everything. No one does anything
right and they really don't care what you think of their expressing an opinion.
They don't care who they hurt. The camouflage their criticism in appeals for
excellence or other spiritual terms, but really they are critics who don't care
about the people who are really the targets of the criticism.
PRAYER: Father, we
all are guilty at one time or another of unloving criticism, and unloving
actions. Forgive us. Open my own eyes to when I speak without thinking and
caring for the person I am speaking to. I don't want to be seen that way. I
want to be known as a person who cares, and who loves others.
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