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The Blessings of Abraham Are Mine by Phil Driscoll (Video) Monday, May 3, 2009
Unpleasant… by Gene McGuire (Monday, June 30, 2008)
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7)
COMMENT: I like to find out what is going on in the world early in the day, therefore I often listen to a local “all news” radio station. However, on weekend mornings I have had a real problem with the commentator. I was irritated by his pronunciation; he tends to elongate the last letter of certain words. Here is an example: “You are listening to WTOP Radio-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. I thought about calling the station to make a complaint about his unpleasant sounds. After a few weeks, I came to my senses; I could either accept his verbiage as is or tune into another station. That revelation put me in mind of the relationships that you and I ought to have with each other as Christians. Unconditional love is vital for believers. In fact, 1 Corinthians 13:13 tells us that when we compare faith, hope and love, the greatest of these three is love. There are some people who are easy to love and then there are the unlovely. We cannot pick and choose those we will love. If we are going to be good disciples of Christ we have to love them, flaws and all. Now let’s get down to the “nitty gritty”. We all have character blemishes and idiosyncrasies and if we could read minds, we would be surprised how often we irritate some of our brethren. Sometimes we have been made aware of how we aggravate others. For instance, I’ve been told that when I receive a phone call, I don’t give the callers a chance to tell me the reason they are calling; instead I immediately launch right into a diatribe. Since none of us are perfect, let’s learn to love our imperfect brethren.
SCRIPTURE STUDY: John 13:34, 15:12 and 1 John 3:11
WISE SAYING: FAITH IS LOVING GOD AND LOVING ALL THAT HE LOVES.
