By love // do they know me
I’ve been meditating on this phrase this morning, “you will know them by their love.” I wonder if that phrase rings true for me basically. I can run around telling people all day long that I love people, but the line does not say, “you’ll be able to inform people that you love them,” but rather that you will know them or that you will be known by love, indicating that you should never have to say it, but rather that in your life you as acting it out..
Wondering now how that affects me on a day to day and moment by moment basis. How does that shape who I am in my conversations with people? How does it affect the way I treat people in traffic? How does it affect what I blog about? How does it affect what I Twitter about?
I am realizing that if I say I want to build up the bride of Christ like I have said, I have to think about how everything I say and do is going to land on people. Will they see my words and my actions and think love, or will they think otherwise? Heavy thoughts to begin today.
Emily
Wednesday, 15th April 2009 at 5:53 am
This is exactly what I have been thinking since yesterday, which was a day of missed opportunitites for me to show the love of Christ. I was so sad and guilty feeling about it last night.. I made a committment to Christ today to do a better job today. I am determined….yet I think I may have already missed the mark a few times this morning. Praying without ceasing on this today.
Kyle
Wednesday, 15th April 2009 at 10:32 am
Great post Brian. So many times we can read what we should do and say that we are doing it (like you telling people of your love for others), but there is such a difference in learning to love with every aspect of your life. My problems come in when I treat those outside of my house in a more loving manner than I do my own wife. I should always be examining the way I interact with her and how I respond to her. I want people to ask me where the love that I show comes from. Like you, I want people to initiate the conversation about my love for others because they see it. Thanks for your openess and your thoughts!