I am moving Relationship Ramblings to Thursdays now. Hope you don't mind the change, but I'll be doing InstaFridays now so I don't want to go post happy on Fridays!
Does this sting for anyone else? Or am I the only one that has a hard time loving well.
When we were trying to conceive I had a hard time hearing that others were pregnant. So hard sometimes that I did not respond in a loving manner. Cody's cousin became pregnant quickly and I envied her because of it. When she told us she was pregnant I could have cared less. I disappeared. I hid from her. I wanted something so bad and when I couldn't have it for myself I envied those who had it to the point that I let it hurt relationships in my life. Envy destroys relationships, love holds them together.
Envy is not love.
Boasting? Surely none of us does this. I would say this might easily be the opposite of envy. We have so we brag. Though I often don't catch myself in this look at me, I have this type of boasting. I am 100% guilty of always being "right". My husband is right...never...okay sometimes. Are you guilty of always being right even when you are wrong? I even sometimes once I realize I am wrong still try to convince the other person I am right. Self-righteousness is not love.
Boasting is not love.
Arrogance kind of goes hand in hand with boasting so I won't say much about this. I don't know why we tend to think so highly of ourselves as if we are more valuable than someone else.
Arrogance is not love.
Arrogance is not love.
When we are rude we don't show love. It's amazing to me how quick I am to resort to being rude especially when someone is first rude to me. If I am feeling impatient (love is patient) I am way more likely to respond to something that irritates me by being rude. I tend to be quick to raise my voice instead of being patient and remaining kind in my responses. It's funny how when love is patient & kind it's easier to not be rude.
Rudeness is not love.
When love is patient & kind it is not envious, boastful, arrogant or rude.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant or rude.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-5a
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Rudeness is not love.
When love is patient & kind it is not envious, boastful, arrogant or rude.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant or rude.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-5a
I think we're all guilty of being a little boastful and impatient... It's hard not to be proud of your won accomplishments and opinions... But some people don't need to be told how awesome you are... haha.
ReplyDeleteseriously, what a beautiful post!
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