1 corinthians 13
small group session 4 of the 40 days of community last night looked at love being patient, truthful and forgiving.
Thinking about those three things exposes the double standards that I tend to have. I want people to be patient with me and give me a second chance but I'm usually reluctant to do the same with other people. I want people to be truthful at all times but i wouldn't mind being able to bend the truth a little bit if it suits me. I want people to forgive me easily, but keep records of wrongs that other people have comitted.
Its easy to want different standards applied to myself than I am willing to apply to others. I think I want everything to be done "fairly" but in reality I want myself treated as a special case. If we got whatwe deserve, we'd all be judged guilty by God. It's only through His grace that we're not! Think how patient God's love is to put up with me making the same mistakes time and time again!
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