1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have(A) prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,(B) so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3(C) If I give away all I have, and(D) if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4(E) Love is patient and(F) kind; love(G) does not envy or boast; it(H) is not arrogant 5or rude. It(I) does not insist on its own way; it(J) is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6it(K) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but(L) rejoices with the truth. 7(M) Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,(N) endures all things.
8Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9For(O) we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but(P) when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12For(Q) now we see in a mirror dimly, but(R) then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as(S) I have been fully known.
13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
In case you couldn't guess I decided to write about Love today.
I love love. And I felt that this weekend was especially appropriate for love (being Easter and all).
A lot of the acts or deeds mentioned in this passage (offering body to be burned, speaking in tongues etc.) are all deemed useless without love. And I believe we may have taken this a little too lightly... If you love something, you do your best at it. When you love someone, you give everything you are to show your love for them. But Christians seldom show any cause for excitement when talking about Church, God, or even summer camp (things I assume you all love). If we have an awesome worship service on Sunday, or a life changing God-moment on Thursday should we not be so excited that we tell everyone? But a lot of us don't. I may be especially guilty of this, I love a lot of things. If I go to school and all I talk about is my love for video games and mexican food, what are people going to say about me? But if I go to school and pronounce my love for Christ and my love for serving others, you will probably get a different answer.
So my post today is going to be short and sweet: LOVE everything. If we show a zest for life and everything we do, people are going to want in! If we go out into the world with a love for Christ that shines before all men, people will want in!
The problem (ha, more like one of the problems) with Christians today is that we do not get excited about anything! This is especially true for guys. We put on the whole "Been there, done that" routine and people will assume there isn't much going on in our lives.****
We need to show excitement for everything. Because everyday you wake up, bam miracle. God has allowed you to live another day... When you don't have to worry about when your next meal is, bam miracle. God has provided you with food...
So get up tomorrow and put a smile on that face! Because everyday is a great day. Everyday is a blessing from God. Everyday is a fresh start to show the world how great it is to be loved by the the Creator of Love himself....
Just walk down the hall, and think "Wow Jesus is walking with me, what should I be afraid of? Today is a great day to be alive!"
So have a great week everyone and show a love for all things that you do!
Blake J.
****(thanks to Dateable for the Christians not getting excited part (I am so bad at giving credit))
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