Thanksgiving
The following was sent to me by a friend.
Love is never wasted!
It may not be the results or the reaction which is expected …
But it is never wasted!
In fact, love that expects positive reaction or results is something less than love.
Love never makes demands …
Love only gives …
And it does not cease when there is no reciprocity.
The true lover does not require the beloved to meet any conditions.
True love is unconditional.
The perfect Lover devoted Himself to others …
And they crucified Him!
This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience – it looks for a way of being constructive.
It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.
Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage.
It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.”
I Corinthians 13:4-8
“God commendeth His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
“… if God so loved us, we ought to love one another” (I John 4:11).
Only a person who loves can know the meaning of Thanksgiving.
The holiday is upon us and this will be my only post this week to Bullets for the Battle. All of us at Ventures for Christ wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving full of family joy, time to count your blessings and praise to the Great Giver of all things.
The following was sent to me by a friend.
Love is never wasted!
It may not be the results or the reaction which is expected …
But it is never wasted!
In fact, love that expects positive reaction or results is something less than love.
Love never makes demands …
Love only gives …
And it does not cease when there is no reciprocity.
The true lover does not require the beloved to meet any conditions.
True love is unconditional.
The perfect Lover devoted Himself to others …
And they crucified Him!
This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience – it looks for a way of being constructive.
It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.
Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage.
It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.”
I Corinthians 13:4-8
“God commendeth His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
“… if God so loved us, we ought to love one another” (I John 4:11).
Only a person who loves can know the meaning of Thanksgiving.
The holiday is upon us and this will be my only post this week to Bullets for the Battle. All of us at Ventures for Christ wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving full of family joy, time to count your blessings and praise to the Great Giver of all things.
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