Thursday Ponderings

5th July 2012 Love is not easily angered!

1 Corinthians 13:5 “Love is not easily angered.” That means we should not be offended easily, we should give people a bit of slack. Perhaps they are under a lot of stress, perhaps they or one of their loved ones is seriously ill. Perhaps they have just lost their job.

Nobodys perfect. I think as Christians we tend to expect other Christians to be kind, loving generous etc at all times. That simply isn’t realistic, we are all at different stages in our Christian walk and will react differently to different situations. Moreover we have all had different experiences growing up and that too shapes how we react to certain situations.

So next time someone offends you, ignore it, don’t repeat the offence to someone else or replay it in your mind, you’ll only make it worse. Move on, do not dwell on it. Forgive them.

Verse 5 also says Love keeps no record of wrongs, it is kind of an extension to not being easily angered. If you forgive someone when they wrong you, that means you keep no record of wrong doing. You do not tell anyone about the wrongdoing and you don’t keep thinking about it.

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