1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Sometimes people can really irritate us.
You know, they can do things or say things that offend us. They can do things that we know are wrong and then land themselves in trouble because of it. And it’s easy for us to stand at a distance and shake our head and talk about how they need to get their act together.
But what do we do about it? Do we pray for them, or do we criticize them? Do we have compassion for them or do we judge them? Do we offer help or do we laugh each time they stumble and fall?
It’s almost always easier to take the latter of all of these choices. Helping people takes work. And sometimes it takes hard work. Are we willing to work hard to help someone else?
But more importantly, it takes love to help others out of their situations.
We can work all we want to help someone, but if we don’t love them and show them God’s love through our words and our actions, we aren’t helping to change their lives except on the surface and for the moment.
You see, love conquers all.
Offering physical labor is fine. Offering money is fine. Many things like this are fine. But if they are done without love, they are just motions that we are going through. And in the long run, they won’t make a shred of difference in anyone’s life.
So ask God how we can show them love. And if we can’t find it within ourselves to love others then we need to go back to the Father and ask Him to forgive us for our hardened heart. And then we need to ask Him to teach us how to love them.
Regardless of what people may think about this situation or that situation or condition, in the end there is really only one thing that will make a difference in the life of someone else. And that thing is love.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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