God is Love

Today I found myself advising a friend of mine to remember God's teaching about Love. I hardly do that. I hardly advise people on God's word. I hardly do that because I am not perfect not by a mile. I am a Christian but I have so many flaws. It's because of these flaws that I never see it in me to want to pull the log out of my neighbors eye because mine is so large. I fornicate like no man's business. I gossip. I occasionally stereotype as well. But I found myself telling my friend, I do believe this is not what God wants us to do, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't do that.

What did this friend do, you may ask to cause me to pull out God's good book?

When you ask for a favor, that's the exact time there's a recall of all your ills, certain ills you may have even forgotten.

"Oh, you're asking me for money? That's how the other day you did this or that..."

"Oh, you need me for this? That's how the other day you did this or that..."

Knowing how truly desperate you are and in need of help, they just gotta throw your sin right back in your face as their reason for rejecting your call for help...something about that just screams so many things but mostly, it just says...I don't believe this is what God's love means.

God's love asks us to love and help our neighbor regardless. It asks us to look beyond those ills and help if we can. It asks us to be loving kind neighbors, it asks to be forgiving. I am not even just some random neighbor...I'm your friend and the situation must have been dire for me to call out to you for help. Knowing that you still want to throw in my face that, Oh, due to my sins of the past, you are unable to look past them this one time to show me God's face in love.

Every time I think of it...I am just so overwhelmed and...I have nothing to say to this person(s).

So God is Love. Amen to the glory of God. A true friend exists and I thank God.