discipline of grace quote 2

From The Discipline of Grace, by Jerry Bridges...

It is so easy to consent to the primacy of love and yet so difficult to practice it.  Some years ago, in an effort to help me put "shoe leather" to the concept of love, I stated a couple of verses from the great love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13, as action statements.  As you read over these action statements from verses 4 and 5, ask yourself how you are doing in your day-to-day practice of love (p. 38-39).

• I am patient with you because I love you and want to forgive you.

• I am kind to you because I love you and want to help you.

• I do not envy your possessions or your gifts because I love you and want you to have the best.

• I do not boast about my attainments because I love you and want to hear about yours.

• I am not proud becuase I love you and want to esteem you before myself.

• I am not rude because I love you and care about your feelings.

• I am not self-seeking because I love you and want to meet your needs.

• I am not easily angered by you because I love you and want to overlook your offenses.

• I do not keep a record of your wrongs because I love you, and "love covers a multitude of sins."