1 Corinthians 16:14
Such a simple verse. Such a simple concept. Such a simple solution to so many problems.
And yet, SO difficult to grasp.
While I was sitting in a church service a couple of weeks ago, this verse changed my whole way of thinking. Like most services, I had no idea what the pastor was saying, but I was that verse flash on the screen. I hadn’t given it much thought at the time, but over the next few days, I couldn’t get it out of my head.
God was trying to tell me something. He was checking my attitude.
I would be lying if I said this month in Nicaragua was easy. God has been bringing up several character flaws, things in my past, and things I need to work out every day. On top of that, we have been doing to construction (stomping in mud up to our knees, moving dirt piles, etc.) everyday under the unmerciful Nicaraguan sun. All fifty-five of us are living in tents in the back of a church.
Not easy.
Negative thought have crept in. Negative comments have crept in.
Love has not always been the first thing on my mind… but that’s not to say it should have been.
After a long day last week, I started to complain to God about the unfairness of the day. His response, “What happened to ‘Do everything in love.’”
Woopsies.
We are literally put on this earth to love people as God first loved us.
God's love changed the world. God's love is in us. We can change the world through the way we love people.
My hope is that this idea will be a model of how I live my life, especially in the next nine months of the Race.
We must think in love, speak in love and serve in love.
If anything else is driving us, then we have it wrong.
