Wednesday, April 07, 2010

07-04-10 (Wednesday) "Is there room?"

After all this while, I begin to wonder... Is there room for selfishness?

"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." 1 Corinthians 13: 4,5

Reading "Passion & Purity" has reminded me that the answer is really "No."

... But inevitably, our humanity(i.e. sinfulness) gets in the way and causes us to constantly bring ourselves to the front of the whole picture. We ask things like, "Surely, I deserve at least SOME form of repayment, no?" or "The least he could do was (insert whatever pleases self at the moment), what's so hard about that?"...

Its no easy task. We can't manage on our own. Give us the strength to do this, God!

"Love interprets things in favor of the one loved...
The trouble, of course, is that we must learn to love people.
People are sinners.
Love must be patient when it is tempted to be impatient.
Love must not be selfish, even if other people are.
Love does not take offence, though people are offensive sometimes.
There are wrongs, but love won't keep score."

~ Elisabeth Elliot
Passion & Purity

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