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When I was instructed to turn to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 by a devotional I was reading this morning, I was almost tempted to skip right on over it. 'I've read it a million times,' I thought, 'I don't need to read this verse right now.' But God leading, I did turn to it and read:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
As I was reading, God was whispering to my heart, "Katrina, stop. Examine your heart. Open it to my Word today. Do YOU love?" I have to be honest here that as my eyes fell over many of those descriptions of love breathed by God, my heart whispered back, 'No Lord. I do not. I don't love like this." Then, tempted to hang my head in shame, He led me to turn to Psalm 136:1...
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, His love endures forever."
"Give thanks to the Lord" because I fail to love according to His Word? No. "Give thanks to the Lord" because HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!
Wow, what an awesome God we serve!
