He says that love covers not just one sin, but a whole
multitude of sin. In other words, when we love our spouse, or
our children or our friends, we should cover a multitude of their
sins—over and over and over—even as we hope they will do
for us.
All of my older children have told me, “Mama, we have
watched you and Daddy make the choice to love each other
over and over again, even when we knew it was hard. That is
where we learned what it looked like to love in a mature way.”
How you live your life today in choosing to love others will
determine the way your children, non-Christians, your family,
and friends learn what God’s love is like. To leave a legacy of
love is to leave a fragrance of His love wherever you go.
But the choice to be a good lover must start in your heart and
will. Are you willing to live in the reality of God’s love for you
to learn what unconditional love is like? Will you determine to
believe in His love for you every day?
Then, will you determine that you will love your neighbor as
yourself, out of your love for God? Will you practice giving
yourself to others without expectation of getting it back in
return? Will you choose to forgive those who have wronged
you because He forgives your sin? Do you accept your
responsibility to be the lover in all relationships because it is
the way others will truly know Jesus through the way the Holy
Spirit lives out generous, abundant, kind love through us?
Love is the foundation for redeeming the world back to our
precious Father. But God chose normal human beings to be the
ones who would make His love known. He loved us, and we are
blessed and redeemed by that healing, comforting, always