6. I want my life to be able to be characterized by love. humility. patience. joy.
Love. I want to love people not because they’re nice to me but because I’m passing on the love that Christ showed me. This means loving those who don’t love me back, loving annoying people, loving awkward people, loving people even when they mess up—after all, it’s not based on their performance towards me.
I don’t want anyone to say goodbye to me, doubting that I love them or that Christ loves them. (1 John 3:16-18)
Humility. I don’t want to be concerned with other people’s opinions of me. I want to be more concerned about God’s reputation than my image. (Mark 10:43-45)
Patience. I want to put people before my schedule. I want to treat the people in my life like they’re most important (or second in importance to Christ).
Joy. I want to be bubbling over, contagious, filled with the Lord’s joy. A joy that is stronger than moods, emotions, or circumstances. I want to be free with smiles and never withhold a kind word or encouraging hug.
That's really awesome, Lauren. We were just at a ladies meeting today, and it came to my attention that we as women were created to serve. and looking at this really adds to that thought. having love while serving, doing it with humility, and having patience and joy in it all. :)
ReplyDelete