Love Never Fails
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke
23:24
How many times do you suppose we've hurt people and not
realized it; to have reacted without thought; to have deemed
another not ready, worthy, capable, or spiritual enough; to have
picked our favorite over another; to have excluded one who
didn't measure up; to sit by one more attractive, popular, or
fun; to have been in such a hurry to greet one that we bypassed
another; to have closed our hearts to someone whose words we
didn't want to hear; to think we've done God a favor by getting
rid of someone we thought difficult, different, or wrong?
How many times do you suppose that that prayer has been prayed
for us, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do?"
Were we to ask God to open our eyes, to see ourselves as He
sees us; to examine our heart, actions, attitudes, and motives
... God would be faithful to show us how we are hurting His
cause.
Once we've found our sin and corrected it, we can ask God to
show us another and, then, another. One step at a time, we'll be
weeding out the flesh and Satan's power over us while winning
the world to Christ.
Love never fails, I Co. 13:8. It's guaranteed!