One-minute read.
“You choose your attitude,” Ron said a few weeks ago after listening to a podcast. I don’t know the speaker, but he left a lasting impression on my husband. The person had a simple approach to life; each morning, he chose his attitude. Instead of looking at the world from a point of despair, the person decided to approach each day with hope and anticipation.
As Christ’s followers, we should live in the hope and anticipation of what lies ahead, and as we wait, we should clothe ourselves in His cloak of love and do everything from that position. We choose whether we want to love or not. Doing all things in love comes from a predetermined decision of how we will engage in life, and with those God brings into our realm.
Every person you meet matters to the Creator, after all, He created them. And God expects us to do our best to love them. Each day, we face the same challenge: how do we love the people God puts in our path? The person who cut you off in traffic or front of you in line, how do you love them? When your spouse doesn’t live up to your expectations, how do you love them anyway? When your child disappoints you with their actions, how can love help them do better next time?
Every day, we must choose to do everything in love, and then we must figure out how to do it.
Journal Question:
Who or what challenges you the most about doing everything in love?
Random Act of Kindness:
Who can you love today that challenges you?
