The Greatest Love of All
With February being the month of LOVE, I wanted to write an article titled “Taking the Time to Love Yourself”. The only problem, I couldn’t find a scripture to back it up. I mean really, nowhere in the bible did it talk it about loving myself. It was all about loving others. So I sat in my bedroom, with all of my bible books, stumped. How can God expect me to love others when I feel as though I have no love to give? My cup does not always runneth over. In fact, my cup at times runneth DRY! And then I came across this…
“If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity. Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind. Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self, let everyone take others to be better than himself. Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 2:1-5
A practical use of this scripture would be to pitch in on an office project that you weren’t assigned to. Not because it looks good on your resume or because the team leader is influential with Senior Management, but because it’s good for the company or for the people impacted by the projects results. Kindness & compassion are expressions of love.
I was reminded that even when Jesus was broken and His cup was dry, His thoughts were only of love for us. Dang! Who are we to be so concerned with ourselves? That being said, God wants us to be whole. He wants our spirits to be aligned with our bodies and it’s okay to pray for that. It’s easier to show kindness and compassion when we’re overflowing but, understand, it’s not always going to work that way.
Our character is shown in the face of adversity. And what better time to showcase God’s love, The Greatest Love of All!
Still Hungry? Corinthians 13:4-13 and the short book of Ruth are LOVEly.
Stoplight Prayer: Father in Heaven, thank You for making me whole and showing me how to love those around me. When my cup is dry, give me the strength to continue showing Your love.
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This discussion has come up recently between many of my friends and one reminded that even Jesus when he was amongst people performing miracles and pouring out the Father’s love, there were times where he withdrew to be alone with the Father and be replenished. So I wonder if part of it is taking time to draw near to the Father, even as we think of and pour ourselves out for others. I wonder how this would look to someone with children or a caregiver who does not have the opportunity to experience very much time alone?
Kala thanks for reminding us that we are Christ in the world and He is love. I know the only way I can share that love is by making sure I’m filled up with him. Sometimes, that filling up time in in the car on the way to work or in the shower since at times my day may not start off as planned. As Stephanie said, it’s sometimes hard to get that time alone, but thankfully God never said it had to to look the same every day.
Last night at home group, we discussed how our character is developed through adversity and your blog confirms that!!
Hi Kala, What came to mind during reading your post was, “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”(Mark 12:31) It’s interesting isn’t it? We first have to be familiar with love. We must know Christ’s love, expend that love (grace) to ourselves, and then be able to pour it back out into others! Great post! -Amy from amyswomantics.blogspot.com