Lectio: 1 Corinthians 13:7, ESV: "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Meditatio: Love believes all things. Does this make love gullible? No, the choice to believe those who may be deceiving us removes the burden to catch others in the act of lying and projects onto them a respect they may or may not deserve. The one who is loved carries the burden to be truthful or to be held accountable to God, rather than to us.
Oratio: Father, give me eyes to love as you have loved. Help me to love like Jesus; allow the love in me to show respect, rather than catch someone in a deceitful place.
Contemplatio: Have you ever tried to catch someone in a lie? It was pretty hard I am sure, if you could love like Jesus would you be attempting to catch others in places of deceit? Would it make your life easier?
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