Nevertheless…. above all these things put on love, which is the bond of
perfection.
We’re
definitely into the Christmas season...lights everywhere you look…songs being
played... even the smell of Christmas penetrates many stores of cinnamon and
spices.
And
certainly we can get enveloped in all the events and occasions that are taking
place.
The
traffic always seems to be heavier....I can’t understand where all these people
come from and where they hide all year long… it can be a bit
nerve-racking….well in all honestly it’s crazy out there. We often find
ourselves in such a hurry traveling from one store to the next to get the best
deals…waving people to get out of our way… yes….a bit extreme I know, but you get my point.
During the Christmas Season far too many are
searching, needing someone or something to fulfill them…. many feel very
lonely….. and broken…. they turn to many devices that fill their void.
This
brings me to my point of not just celebrating Christmas just on Christmas Day
but to be the example of Christ in Christmas, every day!
I'd
like to leave you a small gift about His great love and how it can be activated
through you in the days ahead. My hope is that it will be encouraging and
remind us to take our eyes off ourselves for that one brief moment and speak a
word of;
Love Hope
Joy Peace
And
in this alone knowing that our opportunities are vast to the many we will come
in contact with today and in the days ahead.
God
always provides the grace and empowerment so that we might be enabled to carry
out His love to others regardless of where they've been or who they are. He
looks beyond those barriers that many of us put into place. With God’s wisdom
present in this way the ethical and moral demands of Christian love can be
lived out in every part of our lives, even during the Christmas season.
Let
Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to
the Lord and to the many He leads your way!!
So
I leave you with a token from my heart to yours in that you and I might be qualified
to carry out His love that as a person who acts in the ways of Christ
imitating Him and allowing His
unconditional love to permeate my attitude, that this should invade my
motives….my thoughts…. my words and my
actions. So my gift to you is as shown in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8.
"Now
faith, hope, and love remain—these three things—and the greatest of these is
love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
Thanks for stopping by "Today's Word of Purpose"
Love
Debbie
