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Corinthians 13:4 “Love suffers long and is kind.”
We
read so much about God’s love and how He had shown us His love. But now I have
a question: Do you ever wonder exactly how do we “learn to love” and put them
into action?
I
read an article that told a story about a missionary who went to Greenland in
1721. A missionary struggled to learn their language and struggled to be kind
to the people. A missionary had been at Greenland until 1733, a small pox
epidemic swept through Greenland, wiping out two-thirds of the native people.
This
missionary shares the suffering and began to help the native people, physically
and spiritually. It melted the hearts of a missionary and the people together.
A missionary’s life was now better represented the stories that was told to
them of God’s great love. The native people could at last grasp God’s desire to
love them, too. Even in suffering, native people’s heart turned to God.
It
took 12 years for a missionary who struggled to express love in a way that
taught people about God. Knowing they were weak and needy people yet God showed
them what love is like. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for their sins
(John 3:16).
This
story brought a deep impression upon my heart about how a missionary struggled
in a native field out there while we are here in America struggling with our
own personal problems on how do we “learn to love?”
Love
is a very powerful language such as “I love you” but it is another thing to be
able to “demonstrate our love in action.” Why does this story impress me? This
missionary reminds me of “me” because so often my patient is short. I realized
that God must have known what to talk to me about when I was looking for
something to read that relates to the “Unfailing Love of God.”
It
took 12 years, Lord? When I read this verse about “Love suffers long and is
kind,” it answer my question about my relationship with families, friends and
in the ministries. Many times stories like this helps me to understand the “work
of the Lord” in all of us. So He is asking us to . . .
Trust
God today!
Song:
It’s Just Like His Great Love
It’s just like
Jesus to roll the clouds away;
It’s Just like
Jesus to keep me day by day;
It’s just like
Jesus all along the way;
It’s just like
His great love.
(Edna R.
Worrell, Sing His Praise)
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