Scripture: 1st Corinthians 13:4-6
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.
Thought for the Day: In their book, “If God is Love,” my friends Phil and Jim pointed out the importance of viewing faith as a journey. “Discovering salvation was a process rather than an event allowed me to be patient with myself. I no longer lived in constant fear of making a mistake. I recently had the joy of watching my niece, Madeline, take her first steps. Her mother was sitting a few feet away, holding out her hands, smiling and encouraging her to come. Madeline took one very hesitant and wobbly step before collapsing to the floor. Laughing, her mother swept Madeline into her arms, celebrating her first step. Her response is God’s response…Why is it that when children are beginning to walk, we celebrate their every step…but when men and women begin their spiritual journeys, we often point out their every failure and ignore their tentatives steps? This is not the divine response” (“If God is Love” by P. Gulley and J. Mulholland, p.43&44). The patient love we are invited to embody along this journey of faith was modeled for us by God, and even when we fail, God will remain patient with us.
Prayer: O Loving God, train me in the patient life so that others may come to experience for themselves what it means to have someone who loves them for who they are. Amen.
IMPORTANT
THIS SUNDAY
June 30
One Worship Service
at 10:30am
(Special Music Begins at 10:15am)
All Church Picnic
Follows Worship
