LOVE'S FERVENCY

"A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple." - Japanese Proverb

1 Peter 4:8 (LOGOS)
And above all things have fervent love for one another, because "LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS."

The way we pick on each other in our relationship does go a long way to speak volumes about how much we have given ourselves to love. What we spend time doing, either finding faults or cherishing each other, shows whether or not we are emotionally mature. When God came to us in the person of His Son Jesus Christ, He didn't pick on people's faults. He gave people grace, forgiving and disregarding their sins and shortcomings. He focused on making life better for people and raising them to much higher levels of life. He saw people as beautiful and spoke to them as people who God cared about. This is God's character. Until we get on this page we're yet to walk in love as we ought. You can measure the fervency of a person's love by checking whether they always take note of people's errors or they let it pass. Are they always complaining about and making a bug deal of what people don't do right?

We all need to see that love is a totally different way of living. Each of us has to come to see this in order for our individual love expression to make a transition into more of what it should be - the kind of love that Christ showed. Love is another life totally different from what we see around us. In this thing called love we make a big deal of what people do right, not what they didn't do well. We sing about the graces of God in their life, not about the traces of weaknesses they have. In this planet of love we are here to help others get better. We get them to be inspired to overcome their weaknesses by not judging or condemning them for being frail and weak. Take a second look at today's opening quote, what does it bring to your mind? It helps you see that we do not love people and shower affection on them because they're without fault. No, we love them despite their faults and flaws. Truth is, when you see with the eyes of love, everything is beautiful. You look past the outward hitches into the true beauty of the person's soul. You show mercy instead of passing judgment. God made everyone beautiful, no matter how far they are from being right, they are beautiful when we see them as we ought. Once Jesus looked at a rich young ruler who came to him for counsel and loved him. The man was in error but Jesus loved him because He saw a beauty in him that many didn't see. Although he rejected what Jesus told him, yet Jesus loved him.

When your love becomes intense; when it becomes fervent, you'll find yourself not holding on to people's sins. Now that doesn't mean that you do not correct them but it means that you do not allow their flaws create a divide between you and them. Many relationships have failed because the persons involved didn't overlook each other's faults and shortcomings. Do not allow your relationships crash because you refuse to let go of offenses, faults, shortcomings and other people's flaws. You are not perfect, so, do not treat people as if they're not up to your class because they fall short. Understand today that your ability to dismiss and disregard people's wrong is what you can use to rate how fervent, intense and alive your love for them really is. Sit down today and deliberately make a list of praiseworthy things in your partner/spouse and begin to spend time and effort to appreciate them for these things. Let's quit condemning people over their errors. See them as beautiful and give them much better than they deserve.

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