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And now these three remain: faith, hope
and love.
But the greatest of these is love
1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
The Apostle Paul closes out the most
touching passage he wrote with these words. Have you ever wondered what He
means by the word “things?” I have. Could
he mean emotions? Faith is deeper than an emotion. So is hope. Love is a
deliberate act of our souls. Could
he mean motivations? Let’s see, motivation means the reason for an action
taken.
I believe he means these three terms
to be motivations. We take action in certain areas of our lives because we know
the path we choose to take is the right one. (Faith) At other times we take a
course of exercise that we see as the best way to go. (Hope) Still, we venture
on a path that opens to us because we know it is what is best for someone else
at that time. (Love)
In 2011, our son came to me and told
me he had been accepted for a job 600 miles to the west of where we live. He
remembers me telling him, “That’s all right. You could live thee for a couple
of years.” He told me I said this when
he was home the other week. What I didn’t
know was my thought would be prophetic. I was motivated by my love for him.
He will be relocating back to our
home state in a few weeks. Yes, we are excited about his decision. We met him
in the town where he will live and tried to help him find an apartment. We came
home on the morning of the second day and he continued his search. He found one
and did the business he needed to do and then drove two hours to our home.
We had a short visit with him here. He had to leave out a
full day earlier that he planned due to the predicted weather. All the actions that Hubby and I took in this
venture were backed by the motivation of love.
Your positive attitude in this probably made it much better than it would have been if you'd allowed yourself to be upset instead. What timing! I was JUST watching a minister on Youtube talking about emotions, specifically about controlling our emotions instead of letting them control us.
ReplyDeleteSandi: Thank you for your kind and warm thought. Valentine blessings to you and yours.
DeleteHi Cecelia! I can't imagine how hard it was to see your son move away so far from you. Praise the Lord that he will coming back! It's great to know in your heart that you were motivated by love. That's the best, isn't it? You knew he had to go for work, and you didn't stand in his way, or make a big deal.
ReplyDeleteHe is so blessed to have you as his parents :)
Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
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Ceil: Thank you for your warm comments. God has blessed us with a wonderful son. He has seen people who didn't have supportive mothers. I know he appreciates what we have been able to do to help him.
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