Opening Prayer: Speak O Lord, Your servant is listening:
Lectio: 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
Meditatio: Love is not arrogant. It doesn't believe that it is more important than others. Love sees itself as humble, it sees itself as equal to the other person. Love is simply unpretentious, it sees people for who they are and doesn't judge unrighteously. Love allows for hurt, but also allows for a welcoming spirit. My children could learn much if they would learn what love is not vs. what they believe love is.
Oratio: God, allow me to grow in love, help me to apply that love is patient, kind, it does not envy, or boast and isn't arrogant. Help me embrace all that love is, not what I believe that love should be.
Contemplatio: So far we are one verse into what love is, how have you been surprised? Are you still thinking about love? Has learning this first verse helped you change any preconceptions that you had with love?
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