1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love keeps no record of wrongs. Growing up playing sports, I can be pretty competitive. It’s not fun to play, it’s fun to win. There wouldn’t be points if you weren’t meant to keep score. It’s “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” Couple that with an intense need for affirmation and that means that I have to be the best. But love doesn’t keep…
Month: August 2020
A Word or Two from the Word - 1 Corinthians 13:5 - Part 3
1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love is not easily angered. It’s not easily provoked or irritable. The phrase “slow to anger” appears 9 times in the Bible and is always used as a description of God. That phrase is always followed by another phrase that is also only applied to God, “abounding in love”. Our God is slow to anger and abounding in love. What does a love that is not easily…
A Word or Two from the Word - 1 Corinthians 13:5 - Part 2
1 Corinthians 13:5 “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Love is not self-seeking. To understand this concept one just has to look at the progression of magazine names over the years. We went from Time, to Life, to People, to Us, to Self. “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.” Matthew 24:12. Our preoccupation with self is a booming industry. In 2016, the U.S. self-help industry was worth about $9.9…