Weekly Bible Meditation 5-27-2013

Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. James 3:5-6; 9-10




Words... The Bible clearly says that we need to be careful of what comes out of our mouth. We can not make excuses for things that we say and expect God to nonchalantly take it. He does hear everything we say. We can build each other up with words but in today's world where we are all about ourselves we more often tear people down. Whether it's through sarcasm, or if you're one of those people who are always saying EVERYTHING that you think, if we withhold truth from someone, or if we flat out lie to their face, or talk behind someone's back or gossiping. The words we say ultimately come from what is in our mind. I have always been someone who does not use cuss words. It amazes me how many people use them every day like they are necessary in their sentences. They really don't get your point across better. The fact that I do not say them and am not around them makes my ears very sensitive to them. Every time i hear one it makes an impact on my brain. The more I hear the more likely I will end up using them when I least expect it. "Oh be careful little ears what you hear." I recently heard something on the radio that stuck with me.. I don't remember it exactly but it was something like ... When our minds are purified our words will reflect that....  So this week we need to pray earnestly for a cleansing of our minds so that we can speak God's will without conflict. Think of all the arguments will will avoid, all the feelings we will not hurt, all the building up of others we will be able to do! Words are powerful. Use them for good and not for our selfish evil ways! I am going to challenge myself this week to use my ears (Proverbs 1:5 - A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:) MORE than my words! It will help me learn where I need to rid my mind of filth.

Go forth and spread the seed of love!

What is Love?

The dictionary defines love as a profoundly, tender, passionate affection for another person.

The Bible definition is a little more like this



1 Corinthians 13
 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
 4 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. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

So can any one us say that we truly love completely? By the world's view of love we definitely can! The world's view of love doesn't add up to all that God intended love to be. Does God expect us to be able to love in all the ways 1 Corinthians lists? I think he knows that we aren't going to be able to do EVERYTHING but he does want us to at least grasp the concept of how he feels for us and in turn we should do the best we can to be like Him in as many ways as we can.

God is the only person with perfect true love for each and every one of us. God IS love. We are to live by example of Jesus. Pure, Holy, Full of unselfish Love!

We can not fully love if we harbor hatred in ourselves. Work on getting out negative feelings towards others so that you can fully experience God's love for you!! How can we love God with all of our heart, soul and mind if we have so many selfish worldly desires in us! Our life on earth is a battle between our body and our heart, soul and mind! If we love God completely we trust Him with our life on earth. We know we will have many trials in life but also know God is there for support, comfort, for confiding in. God NEVER fails. We fail Him EVERY day of our lives but he is always there to love us and to forgive us. We need to live by example of Jesus and try to strive every day to be more like him, to show more of His qualities in ourselves. Be examples to our friends, neighbors, families and strangers!

The best part is that God does love you, every part of you. He loves all the good parts and the bad parts of you. He will never stop loving you. Let him encompass you in his love and you will find ways to spread that love in all areas of your life!