I just wanted to share a little tidbit of somethings I have been thinking about lately...
Last year, I was a little Rhema student sitting under the instruction of a Mrs. Karen Jensen. She is ahhhhmazing. Every morning she would have us read 1 Corinthians 13:4 in the amplified... out loud. Every. Morning.
Repeat after me:
"Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails."
Sometimes... we would replace the "Love" with "I".... like "I endure long..."
This passage still rocks my world. It is so opposite of the world perspective of Love. What really hits me it this... Love does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking.
Being a girl in this day and age is a tough thing. Society screams for us to be powerful and take the world by the horns... and it teaches us fight for our rights in relationships. Read any magazine with a pretty girl on the front and the pages will tell you to be selfish and look out for number one- that's how you keep from getting hurt. The Bible tells us the opposite: don't insist on your rights, don't be self-seeking.
Well, I have tested both of these theories. And well, the bible version takes alot of guts, swallowing of pride, and death to self. It is HARD. But it is very worth it. The Glamour girls was easy, but brought more pain to both parties of the relationship.
So... Go with God. He knows what he is doing.
Well, that's my little quip for today.
My heart is bubbling a bit because I bought a ticket to go to the top of Eiffel Tower, visit the Louvre, and booked a hostel in Paris for a couple days before I go to speak in Le Gault, France for YWAM. *Giddy jump and hand clap* haha
Au revoir reader! Remember: GO ALL OUT IN LOVE (TRUE, BIBLICAL LOVE) AND YOU WILL NOT FAIL!!!!
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