I love my morning teachings because I can share them with you. I heard this morning a neat illustration. Think of God as the master copy and we are all His duplicates. He saves us so we can then learn how to be like Him in order to go out into the world and teach others. That is it. And the most important way He wants us to display this is through our love for others. Strangers and enemies alike. It is easy to exemplify love with others that give it to you. It is harder to pray for and love the friend, the boss, the spouse, the family member, anyone that betrays you. That is when we are to show His love most. Hard to do. I know. It is very uncomfortable to walk across the sanctuary and greet someone you never met before. To walk up to a person that looks like that last thing they want is to talk to you. I always try to welcome the scared new additions to our 3 year old class with another child. Yesterday a little boy who just turned 3 was transitioning to our room and he was scared to death and crying and clinging to his daddy. It looked hopeless that he would ever let go and join us. I had my little sidekick, Jazzy, with me and I asked her to come with me and welcome the little boy and make him feel safe and comfortable. Olivia helps me too with this. I try to teach them as children to be open and friendly to new faces and be like Jesus was. They never say no and always help me calm the new ones down. So hopefully as they grown older they will continue to be loving and kind Christians. Many many people have faith and label themselves as Christians but I gotta say they lack the very principle He wants us to have.....love. Love is kindness, not jealousy, not judgemental behavior. Do you know people like that? I cringe when they then say, "Oh I am a believer too, what church do you go to?" I think, "Huh?" Not exactly a walking testimony when they have to annouce they believe. I meet women all the time at church who are so radiant in their spirituality. They have beautiful faces and smiles and it is as if you see the light around them. Amazing! There is a sweet cashier at WalMart that you can just see she has the light and love before you even ask. That is what God is talking about. That is what we are to be to others...examples. We are far from perfect and are fully aware of the targets on our backs, the debater who loves to come at us. I am here to say that I am a work in progress. But I love God and I love learning more about Him so I can then share with you. So today I say....just love someone!
1 Corinthians 1: 1-6
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