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Love of truth?
firefly77:
Hi everyone,
Great topic...
I am always wanting to do better and to do it God's way. This morning I was thinking about the fruits of the Spirit and what Love is.
1 Cor 13:1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
I am so totally aware that I don't even have a clue what real Love is. Because of my background and having been abandoned by my father and mother, I lack the understanding of a having a loving parent somehow. How can you reconcile your past and look at our Heavenly Father with a healthy understanding of who He really is. I was raised by my grandparents and always felt like I had to earn their love. I am in a constant battle of wanting to be Daddy's (God's) good girl, but failing Him so miserably at the same time. The desire to do the right thing is always there, but every single day I come short. How can I just let God be God and experience His Love more fully and trust/rest in this knowledge?
I hope I am making sense...
Angie
lauriellen:
Hi Angie,
if you could truely accept this scripture:
Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were
sinners, Christ died for us.
Gods love for us is not based on our performance at all. There is nothing we could ever do to earn it, and on the other hand there is nothing that we could do to kill it!
also:
1John 3:20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart,
and knows all things.
God knows everything about us, good and bad, and He LOVES US ANYWAY! It is truely amazing when you think about it. His love is so superior to our human love that is based on selfishness. All we have to do is accept it, and rest in confidence of His love.
hope this helps, with love,
lauriellen
Amrhrasach:
I apologize for my lagged response. Thank you all for your input, helpful indeed.
Firefly, I can relate. My brothers and I were also abandoned in our younger years and also raised (somewhat) by our grandparents. The "love" element was there but at a distance. It doesn't take the place of knowing parental love and in some ways if given full head (and it usually does) can mess with your psyche. For me anyway I never, beyond that point, ever trusted ANYONE who said "I love you". My reaction was usually "yea, right" and then giving them a good long look at my backside while walking away. As my grandmother would say to my siblings, "he doesn't trust your words, he MIGHT trust your actions". Sad really. Simply put, there's some things that only parents can teach a child. Relating that to the original posting it's right there, as you've said, perhaps an area that only God himself can truly understand the aches of the human heart of each and every soul and "bridge" that gap with mercy and tenderness unknown on a human scale.
Gary
meee:
Gary thank you for this post and George for for saying this:Because it is Jesus Christ in us, NOT our beastly nature, that is Truth And The Lover Of GOD'S Truth.
If only I could remember this. So many times we can even start to doubt that we are God's children when we seem to continually fail Him so miserably. Yes, our childhood has made a big impression on how we think and only God can change our thoughts that don't line up with how He is different as our daddy, than our earthly parents might have been.
Sooooooo thankful, meee
firefly77:
--- Quote ---For me anyway I never, beyond that point, ever trusted ANYONE who said "I love you". My reaction was usually "yea, right" and then giving them a good long look at my backside while walking away. As my grandmother would say to my siblings, "he doesn't trust your words, he MIGHT trust your actions". Sad really.
--- End quote ---
Gary,
Very well said! You can tell me all day long that you love me... I would much rather see the action behind those words. I am a German, born and raised in Germany (22 years), before coming to the US. The words "I love you" carry a great commitment towards the person we say it too. I find in this country we say those words to anybody without contemplating the meaning of what we just said. I was literally shocked the first few years I lived here, how indiscriminately people said "I love you" and how it has lost its meaning. It certainly did not help my already crippled understanding and still ruffles my feathers every time I hear it.
Angie
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