Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
I started out the focus on love by confessing that, although
I know a lot about love, I struggle to actually live it out well. For that reason, I am comforted by the words
of scripture above. God's perfect love is able to cover up and overcome my sins. However, looking at
at these words again today, I notice that they do not let me off the hook. Reading them again today, I hear a “suck it
up soldier” in it today. It like it’s
saying to me, “so you screwed up the love thing; your only recourse is to keep
loving. Love is the only thing that can
make up for sin.”
It makes sense. God, who is love, makes up for our sin by
becoming Jesus, who is Love Incarnate.
We are made in the image of that God, so we make up for sin by loving as
well.
For all the times I have acted toward you all in ways that
betray love, I am sorry. Know that I am
committed to and currently working on growing in my love for all. To be sure, I will get it wrong again. But my hope is that what will ultimately
stand out for you when I move on some day is my loving of you (and God’s loving
of you) covered up the multitude of my sins.
Question: How do you
hear the scripture above? (Example, I
heard it in a “suck it up soldier” kind of way.)
Prayer: Merciful God, thank you for covering our sins with
your love. May we be open to be used to
convey that same kind of redeeming love to each other and others by our
actions. Amen.
Prayer Focus: Pray
for yourself today. Pray for the ways
that you need to grow in loving God, yourself, and others.
Song: Sweet Adoration – Watershed Worship
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