Love Believes!
By Sheila Schuller Coleman
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” -I Corinthians 13:7
We hear messages from those we love. Sometimes they say something that hurts our feelings. Sometimes they don’t say the things we long to hear and that, likewise, hurts our feelings – these messages heard either by words said or words left unsaid – they leave us hurt. Some of the messages “heard” are not due to words or lack of words but actions that speak louder than words.
However, the message is heard. And whatever message is heard, we have a choice as to what we will believe about that message. Too often messages are heard that are wrong. The person never gave the message that we received. Our insecurities can hinder our hearing, filtering out the positive so we only hear the negative.
So, when you receive a negative message, I challenge you to question your hearing. What if you heard wrong? What will you believe about the one you love? Will you believe – the best? About them? About you? About God?
We all have a choice about what we will believe. Believe in love today – for yourself! Believe you are loved! By God! By your loved ones! Yes, you think that by believing the worst, you are protecting yourself. However, more often than not, you are hurting yourself far more than you are protecting yourself. You are losing out on love.
Believe the best – today and always. That’s true love!
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