Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Patience”
Our Bible verse for today: “Love is patient.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “Patience is one of the characteristics of true love.”
On this Valentines Day it seems appropriate to write about love. In the verse above, the Apostle Paul tells us that one of the virtues of true love is that it is patient. The Bible tells us that God “is” love and we certainly know He is patient. Just consider what He puts up with from us and yet He stills loves us!
My wife Linda and I are approaching our thirty-sixth wedding anniversary. There’s no doubt in my mind that we’ve made it this far because of her extraordinary patience with me. I’m sure I haven’t been the easiest guy in the world to go through life with. But real love is like that – it is patient. And it endures. Let’s read what else Paul had to tell us about real love:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away … And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8; 13 (NIV)
If you love someone, be patient with them. God loves you, and He is extraordinarily patient with you.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 