LOVE covers a multitude of sins....

There has been a verse on my mind today

'LOVE covers a multitude of sins'

I have been thinking about life and how in this day and age not many people know the real meaning of love I keep hearing many recommendations about the book called Love languages which I think might have to be a investment this year because sometimes it's more important that we love people despite peoples attitude towards us and their wrongs.

I don't know about you, but in life because we don't tend to  simply act on love every time some one treats us in the wrong way. Relationships are becoming more and more based on lies rather than truth. In this world we believe it's better to stab someone back, in the back because that is what they have done to us to make us feel better. Unfortunately this has become a spiral of behaviour in this day and age that sometimes leaves people acting in very bitter and dangerous consequences.

When we are believers, and children of God. We need to withdraw from that behaviour and turn back to scripture.

We cannot turn to scripture and just hope that God will forgive our actions because it says 'Love covers a multitude of sins' we cannot act like others because we need to build each other up and cover our behaviour and actions with love.

I have many times growing up not behaved in the right way when someone has treated me badly. I have gone out and slagged that person off like I was a teenager still at school. I am so grateful I do not work because it's worse in those situations, you want to fit in even though you know what people are saying about others is wrong. Yet we need to know that God has given us grace and for whatever reason these people behave it is not our problem and we need to let him deal with them and learn from it. 

Love is about caring for people and wanting the best for them

Love is about being patient and understanding that God has a better plan when we are treated badly

Love is about not being proud and not reacting the same way when someone else has done because they have hurt you.

As valentines day is coming up, why not sit and observe what you feel love means and how you treat people. Are you treating them the way God wants them to be treated are you building your friends/colleagues/Church family up in the way they should be. Step back from pettiness. Step back from being immature. Grow in what God wants because HE is love. And whilst yes he does forgive our sins and the slate is clean lets not get lazy hoping the scripture can cover our bad behaviour it's up to us to grow and change too.