Daily Java: 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. (1 Corinthians 13:4-5)
It has always amazed me at the things that are done “in love”. Someone will do something horrible to you and then tell you that they only tell you this because they love you. Or someone will use the love of God as an excuse to do something horrendous to the church or someone in it.
As Paul said, these things out not so to be. Out of love for us, Jesus died. Out of love for us, God gave up his Son. Out of love for us, the Godhead went through the agony and pain of crucifixion and death.
Jeremiah 31:3 says I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. He loved us always and wants the best for us. And that love is what draws us to him.
Love does not let people go to hell in the name of tolerance. Jesus loved everyone he came into contact with, but he also sent them away changed into something better.
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