Father, Spirit, Jesus

Currently reading: Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot

I'm not going to lie - I have made the mistake of letting school and other less important things get in the way of my relationship with God the past two months. He knows how sorry I am and I've realized how stupid I've been. No wonder my life has been a lot harder than usual the past two months. Anyways, there is something I'd like you to think about. Today in church the music minister did the sermon and she had us read 1 Corinthians 13, but we replaced the word "love" with "grace" every time it appeared. Tonight as I was reading 1 Corinthians 13 in an attempt to memorize verses 4 through 8, I started my own new interpretation. Really read through this and think about each statement. There are three parts of the trinity - Father, Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ the Son. The Father being the supernatural "being" (for lack of a better word), the Holy Spirit is what lives inside of each Christian after they accept Christ as their Savior and is sort of like our conscience, but is actually God living within us, and then Jesus Christ was the human form of God that died and then rose again to be our Savior. Three different parts, yet all the same. The more I learn about the three different parts the more I'm intrigued by the differences of the parts even thought they're all God. Anyways, the main point I want to get across is this loose translation:

"The Father is patient, the Father is kind. He does not envy, He does not boast, He is not proud. He is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no record of wrongs. The Father does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. The Father never fails."

"Jesus is patient, Jesus is kind. He does not envy, He does not boast, He is not proud. He is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no record of wrongs. Jesus does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Jesus never fails."

"The Holy Spirit is patient, the Holy Spirit is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. The Holy Spirit does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. The Holy Spirit never fails."

God is love. I can't really find a way to say it better than that. And changing out the word "love" for "Father, Spirit, Jesus" really opened my eyes even more to the meaning of these verses. Sometimes I forget that I can't stop being a Christian. That I'm held to a higher standard 24/7 and that I constantly need to seek after God and spend time with Him. Why else am I here? If my life isn't all about God then what's the point? From experienced I've learned the selfishness always ends in disappointment because I crave companionship. I crave the opportunity to show other people that they are loved. But how can I show people love if I'm not constantly spending time with Love itself? I've got some catching up to do with my Father and I challenge you to start spending more time with Him daily as well. At least think through 1 Corinthian 13 some. It can change your heart.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
- 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8a