"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails."
"...it keeps no record of wrongs." Love keeps no record of wrongs.
"...it keeps no record of wrongs." Love keeps no record of wrongs.
This is the part of 1 Corinthians that I had a problem following when I first read it. I've always been judgmental and looking down on others for their faults, exalting myself as better than them because I didn't have those problems. But that's not how Christ would act. That's the opposite of how he did act when he came down to us.
Christ is God. God is Love. Love keeps no record of wrongs. Where there is remorse, there is forgiveness and that is why it is so freeing to be a Christian.
Not only does being a Christian allow me to be forgiven by the God of the Universe, but wanting to be more like Christ helps me to forgive others when they fall short of His glory as well.
Love is all kinds of wonderful things, but a lot of time we think it's wonderful when someone treats us with the Christ-love that we need and we don't try to imitate it ourselves. That was my problem anyways.
Was my problem.
Is no longer my problem.
Because of Jesus, I have the power to understand and forgive. Even though I may be hurt, disappointed, unhappy, and any other negative thing...even though I may feel all that or even WANT to feel all that, those feelings are made so small compared to my feelings of understanding and wanting to help the person I love, whoever that may be.
Because Christ has the love to forgive me, I can and I do have the love to forgive others.
