Love is Patient

Ella now (above)

Ella at Eighty (Left)

How would you define love? The bible defines it in 1 Corinthians 4:3-7 this way "Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy or boast, it is not proud. 5) It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

You might respond by saying "I don't know anybody who displays that kind of love". 1 John 4:7-9 says "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8) Whoever does not love, does not know God, because God is love. 9) This is how God showed his love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. Then verse 19 says "We loved because He first loved us"

You might also say "I can't love like that because I am not God". Read verse 19 again. Also read 1 Timothy 1:7 and know that God has given us a spirit of love along with power and a sound mind. Go back to 1 Cor 4:3-7 and ask God to help you love that way. It will have an impact on your life and those close to you. God bless you my friend.