Today my devotion was from 1 Corinthians 13:7 "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance".
Love can be absolutely exhausting. Don't let anyone fool you. The kind of love that really makes a difference in this world will zap everything out of you.Sometimes you just don't feel like you have any more love to give.
While that's perfectly natural and perfectly human, it's not the high standard of love that God calls us to in the Bible. The Bible says, in 1 Corinthians 13:7, "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance" (NLT). Love never gives up.
How can you have that kind of persistent love for another person? You get refueled. So do you. To show the kind of persistent love that God wants you to show, you have to refuel your love tank. Look around at society, and you'll see it's littered with debris from relationships that have crashed and burned because they didn't refuel their love.How do you refuel your love tank? You start by letting God love you. "We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19 NIV).
When you're worn out, tired, and can't imagine showing love to anyone else, remember that God loved you so much he sent his Son to die for you.
Now that's real fuel. That's what keeps you going when you want to quit.
God is so good to us and His Love is amazing. His Love shows us how to love and because of His Love we can love others. I'm thankful for His Never-ending, always aweing Love for me.
