Siku 2

1 Wakorintho 13:4-8

Somo la Maandiko(ESV)

⁴Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

⁵or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

⁶it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

⁷Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Tafakari ya leo

Wasilisho lembeka la Paulo kuhusu upendo linatoa njia ya vitendo kwa mahusiano mazuri. Hii si theolojia majikali—ni kitabu cha kila siku kwa kupenda vizuri. Ona jinsi upendo unakuelezwa kupitia hatua na mtazamo badala ya heshima. Upendo huchagua subira wakati wengine wanatusikitisha. Huchagua utamaduni wakati katili ingeweza kuwa rahisi. Upendo kimawazo hukataa wivu na kiburi, hichaguzi badala yake kusherehekea wengine na kuchagua kuchoka. Unaposoma kila tabia, fikiria mahusiano yako ya karibu. Je, upendo wa Mungu unatoka kwa njia gani katika wewe? Je, ambapo unahitaji msaada wake kukua? Ahadi kwamba upendo 'kunauvuta kila kitu, kunaadhinika kila kitu, kinarajia kila kitu, kunastahimili kila kitu' haieani hatuwe zombi, lakini badala yake tunachagua kumwangalia wengine kupitia macho ya Mungu yanayotaka kusudi na uwezekano. Aina hii ya upendo inabadilisha si tu mahusiano yetu, lakini mioyo yetu.

Tafakari

Je, tabia gani ya upendo kutoka kwenye kifungu hiki unayohitaji kukua zaidi katika mahusiano yako?

Mwongozo wa sala

Muomba Mungu akuenezee upande mahususi wa upendo ambapo unajisikia dhaifu...

Je, ungependa kufuatilia maendeleo yako na kupata mipango binafsi?

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