InEssence

From Shira

" Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

If this is just simply the way love is...and I think it might be...I mean, think about it--when people are in love, don't they delight in pleasing each other? Don't they overlook the other person's faults, sometimes to their own detriment? If they're really in love, and the object of their affection wants the last piece of cake, don't they give it to them? Anyway...what was I saying? Well, it's something to think about being loved this way, all the time. And I am. And you are. By the perfect One, who did not even withhold the life of His only Son in order to bring us in to relationship with Him... It's quite a thing to ponder.

We should never be afraid to ponder the truth, especially if it conflicts with our sense of reality.