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Dripping Springs Weekly Bulletins
Love Is . . . .
- What makes mornings bright, evenings peaceful, and the future full of hope.
- Looking for ways to brighten the days and nights of others, even if it means giving up the things you want most of all.
- Putting others’ interests ahead of your own, and truly seeking the best interests of your enemy as well as your friend.
- Making the extra effort to find out what others need, then doing whatever it takes to provide that need.
- Being there when a brother or sister in Christ needs you in a time of stress or grief.
- Saying “thank you,” “please” and “I’m sorry” when the time is right.
- Telling your neighbor, your friend or your classmate what Jesus means to you and what He can mean to them.
- Searching all through the Bible to find out what God says about love and how you can show it.
- Not always “soft and cuddly” but is often tough, thoughtfully providing discipline and firm guidance.
- Caring for a parent or a child who cannot take care of himself or herself.
- Searching for God’s revealed truth, believing it yourself, and then making it known to everyone you know.
- Kindly showing the ways of God to those who don’t even know there is a God.
- Leaving the best piece of the fried chicken for your husband, your wife or your children – or your parents.
- Putting God first in your life and being a good example for your family, friends and neighbors – and even your enemy.
- Always looking for ways to help the ones who have been a help to you.
- Remembering important times from the past that bring joy to others.
- Being respectful of those who have taught you how to know and love God and His family.
- Forgiving and forgetting harsh words that were spoken in pressure-filled times, even if “I’m sorry” is slow to come.
- Doing the “right thing” even when some are trying to get you to do the “wrong thing.”
- Expressing words of comfort and love even when such words are not expected.
- Putting others first, giving honor to whom honor is due, and keeping your own accomplishments to yourself.
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“Love suffers long, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.”
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