Day 6

Subtitled: Inspiration of what love is and can be from The Love Dare and The Bible:

Sorry if this is a tad too preachy for some of you readers, I know there are many of you of different faiths, but I can only go on what I know.  If you really want to skip the “bible stuff” just skip over the indented paragraphs, but I do encourage all of you to read what I wrote there, I placed some insights beyond what is in the quotes to enlighten a better understanding of what they say.

There is a lot more to this book, in fact it’s broken down to 40 days of lessons, these are just some of my favorite out scripts.

                       Be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with one 
                       another in love –Eph 4:2

If we look at the verses surrounding this one, we read that we are being instructed on being mature to one another.  “Pour yourselves out to each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.”

Be kind to one another, tender –hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you – Eph 4:32

In this section we are told about how the “old way” has to go, we must free ourselves of the chains of an “eye for an eye” and instead steer our hearts to forgive others as God has forgiven us.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor –Rom 12:10

Love from the center of who you are, don’t fake it.  Run for dear life from evil, hold on for dear life to good.  Be good friends who love deeply, practice playing second fiddle.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city – Prov 16:32

This proverb is more universal in meaning but it can also apply to relationships.  Moderation is better than muscle, self-control better than political power.

[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. -1 Corinth. 13:7

This one is pretty self explanatory, the only thing I could add would be; If I give everything I won to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere.  So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I am bankrupt without love.

Greet one another with a kiss of love -1 Peter 5:14

I really don’t think there is anything I could possibly add to this one, it just says it all!

Husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies – Eph 5:28

Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church, a love marked by giving, not getting.  Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty.  Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness.  And that is how husbands out to love their wives.  They’re really doing themselves a favor, sense they’re already “one” in marriage.

Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. –Phil 2:4

If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you acre; then do me a favor.  Agree with each other, love each other, be deep spirited friends.  Don’t push your way to the front, don’t sweet-talk tour way to the top.  Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead.  Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage.  Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

Well with all that said, I managed to get out to the store today to help make a decision for another part of my quest.  If you remember I recently posted that I was debating taking a class in Tai Chi or Yoga.  Well while I was at the story I picked up a copy on dvd of “Quick Start Yoga for Weight Loss” sense I already have a couple of DVD’s on Tai Chi, I figured getting this DVD will allow me to be cost effective in my decision making.  I can try this for a few months to see if I like it before I decide which class I am going to seek to attend.  So tomorrow morning after I drop off my daughter at school I will begin a new regime of Yoga to start my day!

Peace be with all of you!

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