Love Is The Answer

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Corinthians 13:4

This is the month many people are focused on love. Valentine's Day, thought to be started by a greeting card company to sell their products,  is a time to show people close to you your love. But not just because it is Valentine's Day, but it should be a year round mission for believers to pursue a love walk. 

Not everyone feels Christian love but the love they received has been tainted by the world's idea of love. Not everyone is from a home that showed love to their children. There are many in the world who have been hurt by an abusive warped type of love. God's love is not like that. It is pure, kind, unconditional, is not me first. 

Look around you as you go about your day and try to walk the love walk for those in your path whether strangers,friends, or family. Just remember if you have been hurt by others to forgive them whether they ask for it or not for it is only then you can have God's true love in your heart.

PRAYER: I want to be a representative of your kind of love Lord. When I have been hurt let me be quick to forgive and be quick to bury any offenses. I choose to pursue love wherever I go. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Jesus: The King of Rejection

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open His mouth;he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,so he did not open his mouth. Isaiah 53:7

Take it from one who knows. Rejection hurts. Probably all of us have experienced rejection in some form. Maybe not being picked to be on a team at recess in grade school. Perhaps not getting invited to a certain party or wedding. Maybe being let go at work. Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend or worse yet, divorce. Rejection comes in many forms. 

Jesus was the person who was rejected yet never got mean or tried to get even. He had to hurt. He experienced all we did. Can you imagine people yelling "Crucify Him! crucify Him!?" He endured much for us yet many turned their back on Him. He was ready, willing, and able to forgive. 

Are you the victim of rejection or perhaps the instigator? No matter what, you can be healed, set free and forgiven. You only need cry out to Him! 

PRAYER: Dear Lord thanks for coming to this Earth so that we might have life. Whenever I get to whining about my plight I need to remember you endured much more. In Jesus' name. Amen.