I shared this with my 'Good Morning Girls' group this morning and thought I'd post it over here too.
I'm reading Crazy Love by Frances Chan...it's incredible.
It's really challenging. I guess the only thing is if I don’t apply it, it’s a waste of time…so I’ve been trying really hard to apply what I’m learning. I think I’ll have to read it about 6 more times to be able to remember everything.
Love.
We are called to Love.
In general I would say that I am loving and find it easy to Love.
God tells us what love is and what it is supposed to look like and it’s really not as simple or as easy as I had thought! Most of us our very familiar with 1 Corninthians 13
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.
In the book, Frances Chan, asks the reader to do this following exercise. This was a HUGE eye opener for me. He asks you to read this passage of scripture outloud but using your name in place of LOVE and it.
Try it! All I could say was OUCH! And to be honest, couldn’t even finish reading it.
4(Name) is patient, (Name) is kind.
(Name) does not envy, (Name) does not boast, (Name) it is not proud.
5(Name) is not rude,
(Name) is not self-seeking,
(Name) is not easily angered,
(Name) keeps no record of wrongs.
6(Name) does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7(Name) always protects,
8Love never fails.
