1 00:00:35,675 --> 00:00:40,635 Speaker 1: Welcome to Abides Daily Christian Meditations. I'm Tyler Boss. Today's 2 00:00:40,715 --> 00:00:43,915 Speaker 1: meditation is brought to you by our partners at Life Audio. 3 00:00:44,235 --> 00:00:46,475 Speaker 1: If you go to lifeaudio dot com you will find 4 00:00:46,555 --> 00:00:50,075 Speaker 1: dozens of other faith centered podcasts in their network. They've 5 00:00:50,075 --> 00:00:53,915 Speaker 1: got shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting, and more. Head 6 00:00:53,915 --> 00:00:57,795 Speaker 1: over to lifeaudio dot com now, and remember you can 7 00:00:57,835 --> 00:01:01,555 Speaker 1: have full access to our meditations commercial free. Just text 8 00:01:01,635 --> 00:01:05,075 Speaker 1: Abide to two two four three three for twenty five 9 00:01:05,115 --> 00:01:09,355 Speaker 1: percent off. Now receive his piece as we meditate and 10 00:01:09,435 --> 00:01:18,075 Speaker 1: abide in Christ. Welcome to this Abide meditation. I'm Tyler Boss. 11 00:01:19,355 --> 00:01:24,555 Speaker 1: Do you know what it means to love well? If 12 00:01:24,595 --> 00:01:28,915 Speaker 1: you've been to a wedding, you've heard this definition. If 13 00:01:28,915 --> 00:01:30,915 Speaker 1: you're in a stage of life where you spend most 14 00:01:30,955 --> 00:01:35,475 Speaker 1: weekends throwing rice and rose petals at newlyweds, and you 15 00:01:35,515 --> 00:01:40,755 Speaker 1: probably haven't memorized, you know the passage. It's the one 16 00:01:40,755 --> 00:01:46,275 Speaker 1: that starts. Love is patient, Love is kind? Has that 17 00:01:46,355 --> 00:01:53,915 Speaker 1: been your experience with love? Pause for a moment, Breathe 18 00:01:53,955 --> 00:01:58,915 Speaker 1: deeply and steadily as you listen to God's words to 19 00:01:58,995 --> 00:02:10,235 Speaker 1: you in your heart. Now listen to verses six and seven. 20 00:02:12,115 --> 00:02:16,435 Speaker 1: It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 21 00:02:17,835 --> 00:02:22,675 Speaker 1: Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, 22 00:02:23,675 --> 00:02:30,155 Speaker 1: endures all things. People use this passage for weddings because 23 00:02:30,155 --> 00:02:36,035 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful picture of true love. We have a 24 00:02:36,075 --> 00:02:40,315 Speaker 1: God who is not only loving, but he is in 25 00:02:40,355 --> 00:02:47,515 Speaker 1: fact love itself. When we read through this familiar passage 26 00:02:47,555 --> 00:02:52,355 Speaker 1: and remember that he is perfect love, it changes everything. 27 00:02:54,595 --> 00:02:57,275 Speaker 1: And as we let him chip away at us and 28 00:02:57,315 --> 00:03:01,795 Speaker 1: sand out our rough edges, we look more like Jesus, 29 00:03:03,355 --> 00:03:08,835 Speaker 1: who is the embodiment of love. How does your love 30 00:03:09,635 --> 00:03:20,355 Speaker 1: look like God's? Take in these words, love us, patient 31 00:03:20,635 --> 00:03:25,835 Speaker 1: and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is 32 00:03:25,875 --> 00:03:29,075 Speaker 1: not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its 33 00:03:29,155 --> 00:03:36,755 Speaker 1: own way. It is not irritable or resentful. Love never ends. 34 00:03:38,395 --> 00:03:42,395 Speaker 1: The more you are filled with God's love, the more 35 00:03:42,435 --> 00:03:49,675 Speaker 1: you will look like him. Dear Lord God, I can't 36 00:03:49,715 --> 00:03:53,315 Speaker 1: even start to wrap my head around it. But give 37 00:03:53,395 --> 00:03:58,035 Speaker 1: me faith to understand that you are love. Your son 38 00:03:58,155 --> 00:04:02,515 Speaker 1: is the embodiment of love. In him, I can bear 39 00:04:02,595 --> 00:04:06,795 Speaker 1: all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure 40 00:04:06,875 --> 00:04:15,355 Speaker 1: all things. Your love never fails. True love never fails. 41 00:04:17,035 --> 00:04:20,515 Speaker 1: Fill me with your spirits so that I'm not working 42 00:04:20,515 --> 00:04:24,195 Speaker 1: for my own good but for the good of others. 43 00:04:25,755 --> 00:04:29,515 Speaker 1: I want to believe the best of others, but I 44 00:04:29,555 --> 00:04:35,915 Speaker 1: need your help. It's in Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. 45 00:04:39,275 --> 00:04:47,155 Speaker 1: Start to settle now in an open posture before God. Comfortable, relaxed, 46 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:55,875 Speaker 1: closing your eyes. Place your hand over your heart, feel 47 00:04:55,915 --> 00:05:17,435 Speaker 1: your pulse. Picture the love of God filling your heart. 48 00:05:18,755 --> 00:05:22,475 Speaker 1: Take a moment now and consider areas in your life 49 00:05:22,755 --> 00:05:26,195 Speaker 1: where you are not showing or experiencing the love of God. 50 00:05:27,835 --> 00:05:33,915 Speaker 1: When have you been impatient and unkind? Confess that to 51 00:05:33,995 --> 00:05:53,235 Speaker 1: Him now in prayer. Thinking about love is not just 52 00:05:53,315 --> 00:05:57,835 Speaker 1: for a wedding ceremonies. Noticing how well you love is 53 00:05:57,835 --> 00:06:02,715 Speaker 1: a good exercise for every day. As you spend this 54 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:09,395 Speaker 1: time and stillness with God, let Him surround you in love, 55 00:06:12,795 --> 00:06:17,035 Speaker 1: God of love, in truth, You are patient, you are kind. 56 00:06:19,035 --> 00:06:23,195 Speaker 1: You have given me grace upon grace. You sent your 57 00:06:23,195 --> 00:06:25,675 Speaker 1: son Jesus to be the bridegroom of your church. And 58 00:06:25,715 --> 00:06:30,355 Speaker 1: so when you see me, you see one who has 59 00:06:30,395 --> 00:06:35,195 Speaker 1: been grafted into the family. I've been given a new 60 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:42,715 Speaker 1: a new identity. So let me love well. Let me 61 00:06:42,755 --> 00:06:47,995 Speaker 1: be kind and patient and steadfast, believing the best, not 62 00:06:48,035 --> 00:06:55,555 Speaker 1: being arrogant or rude, just like Jesus. And it's in 63 00:06:55,635 --> 00:07:04,515 Speaker 1: his name that I pray. Amen. Think of someone in 64 00:07:04,555 --> 00:07:08,155 Speaker 1: your life who mirrors this kind of love, Call them, 65 00:07:08,595 --> 00:07:12,595 Speaker 1: text them, thank them for reminding you of the love 66 00:07:12,635 --> 00:07:19,995 Speaker 1: of God. Until next time, may you abide in Christ.