Judgement based based on Love

"God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love."
~ Richard Wurmbrand, founder of Voice of the Martyrs

What is your love contingent on?

"My love for you is not contingent on how you feel about me."  ~ Duck Commander Phil Robertson

What goes along with your love?

"Faith without love is no living grace, and
love without faith is no saving grace."
~William Burkitt

Choices have Consequences

After reading I Corinthians chapter 13, Margaret Feinberg concludes:  "Love is not just something we experience...it's something we choose.  When we love, we choose patience, kindness, humility, and forgiveness."  (page 83, Being Yourself)

That's a good conclusion.  If we chose to love, we chose to follow these paths, however difficult or painful.    Choosing to love is to act courageously.  Choosing not to love is cowardly.  You chose not to be patient, not to be kind, not to be patient, not to endure, not to abide.  You will go away or detach.  You will be rude or self serving.  Lord, we need your help to love.  We cannot do it on our own.  We are not capable.  Lord, help us all.  

Transforming Power out there and in here

"It's impossible to measure the full impact of love...love has tremendous power not only to transform the person we choose to love but also ourselves...when we are truly being ourselves and loving ourselves as God designed us to be, then we are better able to love others."  (p. 80, Being Yourself, Margaret Feinberg)