DEVOTION
All About Love
By Dena J. Dyer
CBN.com
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Love one another" (John 13:34).
"If falling in love is anything like learning to spell, I don’t
want to do it. It takes too long," said Leo, a 7-year-old.
Love is hard. Just ask Romeo and Juliet, or Scarlett and Rhett, or even Elizabeth
Taylor. What does it take to make love last? Tom (age 7) believes, "Spend
most of your time loving instead of going to work." Roger (age 8) says,
"Don’t forget your wife’s name."
The apostle Paul wrote that love is patient and kind, doesn’t envy or
boast, and isn’t proud. It’s also not rude, self-seeking, easily
angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). In other
words, truly loving others requires that we put another person’s needs
in front of our own.
Some people follow the world’s lead and change spouses when the current
marriage gets rough. Case in point: when Donald Trump was asked about his
impending divorce from Marla Maples, he said, "If you have to work at
it, what’s the use?" (I wonder how far he would have gotten in business
with that attitude.)
No, love isn’t easy. But it is worth the work. Just ask any couple who
has been through hard times and, with God’s grace, come out on the other
side with their marriage intact.
But for those of us who will sometimes forget the apostle Paul’s advice,
Randy (age 8) has a word: "Be a good kisser. It might make your wife
forget that you never take out the trash."
Lord, help me to love others as you have loved me.
| Copyright 2001 Dena J. Dyer. Used by permission.
Dena Dyer is a freelance writer, speaker and musician from Granbury, Texas.
Visit her Web site at: denadyer.com. |
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