Daily Devotional

Theme: Love Does Not Keep Records*

Read Leviticus 19:1-18; 1 Cor 13:1-13

“…Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord…Keep my decrees…`(Lev 19:18-19).` “It [love] does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs…”

`(1 Cor 13:5).`

A barber noticed one week that his business had increased significantly. When he tried to find out why, he discovered that his irritating competitor, another barber in the village, was ill. When the week ended, he took all that he had earned above his average and gave it to his competitor with his Christian love and sympathy. He kept no records of wrongs or grudges, only love in his heart!

“Noble manners” are always the result of “noble minds.” The Corinthian church was acting very improperly; they shared communion yet were suing each other in worldly courts. They didn’t understand what real love and forgiveness mean. “love” keeps no record of wrongs. Forgiveness means wiping the slate clean and never holding things against people (Ephesians 3:26;32).

In our anger, we shouldn’t sin but instead be kind and compassionate to one another, just as Christ was. Love does not think evil, suspect evil, impute evil, entertain resentment, or devise evil. Love writes our personal wrongs in ashes and water, not on rocks or iron, not even on our hearts. Imitate the Barber as he imitated Christ.

As you pray, let the good LORD erase and heal any records of hate and hurt in your life, and may you be molded into a wounded healer in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen

By Rev. Godfrey Kyome