Love is an Action Word

My son is a speed reader. He has to be – as the CEO of a large technology company, he has to read and review tons of documents and correspondence on a daily basis and if he wasn’t a speed reader, he’d be bogged down with more paperwork than he could handle. I’ve become a speed reader, too! And there lies the reason why I have to scold myself. I see how easily I can turn my goal of reading my Bible through in one year into cold repetition and an act of regimen instead of reading it like a love letter and intentionally looking for the meaning of God’s love words to me. My Bible is my “go to” place for finding direction on which way to go or what to do. I have so many “go-to” passages and I know so many stories I will often read them and gloss over the words or think there’s nothing new to learn or that I already know it all as it relates to that verse or this chapter.

And it may be the same for you. Yes, we hear God’s words spoken to us when we attend church or a Bible Study, but even those times we may find ourselves speed-reading through familiar words or skipping a section altogether because we “know” it so well. Oh, our enemy is a sly fox and he loves it when we “speed-read” through God’s love messages to us.

I am stirred up about how important it is for NOT speed-reading through the greatest love explanation that was ever penned. That is 1 Corinthians 13. If you’ve ever attended a wedding, I’m sure you heard somewhere in the ceremony those words spoken. If only we practiced what we heard and learned. Would you join me in reading these words as if you’re seeing them for the very first time? Please try!