1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Oh, if only we could get this one right!
Loving each other can seem to be so hard to do at times. We are all so diverse. We have different opinions, different personalities, different cultures, different ways of expressing ourselves. The list of differences can be quite lengthy.
But just because we’re different doesn’t mean that we can’t love each other.
God has commanded us to love each other fervently. That’s a pretty strong word.
To do something fervently means to do it with great intensity. So this means that we shouldn’t love each other halfheartedly!
So in light of our differences, how can we love each other fervently, overlooking those differences and pleasing God?
By letting Him teach us how to love. Only God can show us how to love someone fervently if there are vast differences and even things about a person that we don’t like.
As we let God show us how to love, we will have no problems loving someone we don’t know, don’t agree with or just plain don’t want to be around.
It won’t always be easy, but it can be done if we let God’s Spirit lead us!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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