Unlimited in its power and scope,
irresistible in influence, indestructible in its character, impossible to force
or coerce, unavailable for sale, undaunted by circumstance, and in infinite
supply to meet the demand—it’s called love.
February’s
Awakening, Day 13
Love is the only service that power
cannot command and money cannot buy.
—Author Unknown
Love is the doorway through which the
human soul passes from selfishness to service and from solitude to kinship with
all mankind.
—Author Unknown
Increase my capacity for love and
decrease my impulses to throw stones, actual or mental.
—George Appleton
Love
must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one
another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:9–10
NIV
When
they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one
of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7
NIV
“Do
not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37 NIV
Love
cannot be forced, coerced, or bought. True love is only given freely. God gave
us free will so that we could love Him back on our own accord, not as a robot
programmed unknowingly to respond in a desired and appropriate way. Love is
sincere when it puts the best interest of another first, with all due honor and
respect. True love is not manipulative, judgmental, nor condemning, but always
gracious, merciful, understanding, and forgiving. It does not embrace or
condone evil, but it serves to compassionately bring wrong into the light. Love
is not wielded as a sword, it is submissively surrendered. Although it may
sound or seem as if love is weak, it is the most powerful, most motivational,
and most influential force that exists in the human experience. Love can propel and enable you to do what no
other force could possibly bring about. It was not ropes and spikes of iron
that held Christ to the Cross, it was love.
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