Love #6....

Agape, Godly love....

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. it is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!"

Sixth, love does not seek its own things.
This statement can stand alone and speak volumes.
This type of love, Agape, is not selfish.  We as humans are very selfish. I cannot begin to tell you how many times my motives have been selfish ones in relationships with people. No matter what the relationship is. I know that I have been the receiver of selfish motives as well. It's not good to be on either end of this.
God calls us to love others and to hold them higher than ourselves. That what ever they need is more important at the moment than our selfish motives. Yes maybe we want to say things or do things just to "dig" at another person, but that is selfish and God says we are not to be that way.
God love challenge #6....
Put aside your selfish motives, whatever they may be and put others before you. Love them unconditionally without wanting anything back. Love just because God says to. I know, some people are difficult to love, sometimes things are done to us that we want to get back at them. But that is unbecoming (we have already covered that one). Try to love without reserve. Pray to God for help in this area. I know I have to every day..
Stay tuned for God love challenge #7.......