Its nonsense that you must agree with people to love them. I often disagree with people I deeply love. I married one! - Rick Warren via Twitter Pastor Rick, I agree. But even if I didn’t, I’d still love you. We do have the impression in our culture that to disagree is to be unloving, but this simply isn’t true. It is entirely possible to disagree with someone and still love them. But how? By using the Bible’s “guide to love” as our filter. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NLT) So, if you disagree in a way that is unkind or impatient, you’re in the wrong. If your disagreement fuels jealousy or pride, you’re wrong. If you’re bull-headed and refuse to be a listener, then you’re demanding your own way. If you get angry or hold a grudge over a disagreement, you’re wrong, even if you’re right. If you get upset when someone else is proven to be right instead of you, you’re doubly wrong. And if you disagree with people and allow it to cause you to lose faith or hope? You’re wrong, even if you’re right. If, instead, you disagree in away that is kind, patient, humble, open-minded, forgiving and understanding, and always hopeful, you’re right, even if you’re wrong. From Brandon Cox - Pastor at Grace Hills Church in Bentonville, AR
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:36:35 +0000
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