Greetings Prayer Warriors,
Love is in the air. In less than a week, Valentine’s Day, the day designated to really show one’s love for their sweetheart, will be celebrated with cards, flowers, dinners, and presents. While celebrating love is a wonderful thing, in God’s plan, expressing love for one’s spouse should be a daily occurrence. Yet, that is easier said than done! For if true love is pouring one’s self out for the benefit of the other, sometimes we neither have the will nor the desire.
However, we know what love should look like:
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
This Love sounds super human! But God, who is Love, is beyond measure! Yet He desires to clothe us with His love. Let us pray this week that the Holy Spirit will fill married couples with grace, open their hearts, and weed out any self-love that has taken root. May new seeds be planted, the Son shine upon us, and the flowers of marital bliss bloom, bearing much fruit.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Now those who belong to Christ [Jesus] have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25
Embrace your vocation by embracing the mission:
Love one another. As I have loved you. John 13:34
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Clothe yourself with Love! Pass it on!
