Freedom=Love

         " Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
DOESN'T FORCE ITSELF ON OTHERS,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end."

       "But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love."

-1 Cor. 13:4-7,13

        I have always loved this verses and look back on them every so often. These were the verses I wanted for my wedding until one of my sisters took them for hers. :) I really love how The Message verison puts it and I didn't notice it until a friend put it on her status on Facebook. Then I got to thinking about them again in this wording and what I'm learning now, it makes total sense. 

          I'm learning about having Boundaries with Spouse or how to have those when I get and if I ever get married because of a Bible study I'm going through so what I'm about to say has no experience whatsoever. It just makes sense to me right now. My title: Freedom=Love is true in marriage or that is what the book "Boundaries" say. You need to give your spouse room for them to have their own boundaries in the marriage. Yeah, two are suppose to become one but you don't throw everything away when you get married. Not againist any guys out there but I would go crazy if I did that. 

           I read in these verses where it says, "Doesn't force itself on others" and in ways I felt like I've done that off and on but I didn't know until know. If you really care and love someone you don't want to force anything on them espically love. They need to have the freedom to love you the way they do. Isn't that the reason you first fell for them? You don't want to force someone to change, do you? 

            Jesus didn't force us to love Him. He did what was right and we can come to Him if we want. He leaves the the choice of free will but yet He stills loves us and we know that. We should do that. We should do what is right towards our friends and not want anything back. We shouldn't do something because we want something back. We should do it because we want to do it and love them enough to do it. 

            Then the phases "Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly" mean a lot. Trust STEADILY in God that means never to doubt in the trust with him. He is our foundation for Love and everything else. He is there all the time. Then "Love extravagantly" when you put those two words together nothing can stop that love. I love the word "extravagantly" because it means forever and ever without end. Love forever and ever without there being an end. God does that to us. Why can't we do that for others? 
            Remember all of this is coming from a single person on this earth so don't take it for real but maybe just think about it some because she has God in her life and that is all that matters. She will say that "Actions out of love does speak louder then words" from the experiences and situations she has been in.

            

      Challenge for Today: "God doesn't force His Love on us but yet He loves us forever and ever with the actions and words He does for and says to us." Can we do that to other people?