1Cor. 13:1 ¶ If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1Cor. 13:2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1Cor. 13:3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
I love Thanksgiving. As a child Thanksgiving rivaled Christmas in my heart. I think it must be the simplicity of the day that I love; family, great food, football, and a few days away from the daily grind. There is also something else I love about Thanksgiving, it is the Thanksgiving meal for the least fortunate that our church sponsors every year. There is a different kind of excitement as church members cook their favorite dishes and make preparations to host several hundred people for a great Thanksgiving feast.
I wonder why this unusual excitement is in the air as the people begin to gather at the tables for that gospel feast? Could it be that there is something inside of every born again Christian that longs to serve others? Could that be the love that Paul shares about in his famous love chapter in 1 Corinthians 13? I think it probably is. There is an incompleteness in our hearts until we pore out what we receive on others. It is in the giving away the love we receive from the Lord that our joy is completed. That is really our purpose for being here on this earth, we live to glorify God by poring our love on someone else.
When I think about that event, several pictures stand out in my mind. I think of the families, mom and dad with a table full of small children all dressed in their best clothes to come enjoy a free meal. I wonder what they do the rest of the year? I also think about the widow that I saw this year, she too sat at a table full of children, some she had adopted, with the empty seat where dad should have been standing awkwardly empty. Then there was the hundreds of homeless men, some with the stare of hopelessness, somehow they lost their way along the road.
Thanksgiving can be a humbling day. I am blessed beyond measure and sometimes I don’t walk in thankfulness. Maybe this Thanksgiving can spill over into the rest of the year, maybe this love can flow out of us more often.
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Well said pastor, but more importantly well lived. You continue to be a living example, and I thank you.
THANK YOU JESUS. THANK YOU, for all things..
Walking in HIS LOVE ALL DAY LONG…
HAVE YOUR WAY JESUS/HOLY SPIRIT!!!!
YOU ARE GLORIOUS.
Good morning, Pastor Frank. Love you, we are HIS example daily. KEEP SHINING, HALLELUJAH, KEEP LOVING/ALL… It’s ALL HIS, PRAISE YOU JESUS/HOLY SPIRIT.. 🙂 HAVE a blessed and FILLED DAY IN OUR KING OF KINGS JESUS.
I love Thanksgiving too. The lady who led me to the Lord was a neighbor. My family was going through some stuff and every evening I would go to her house where she served a wonderful home cooked meal and told me about Jesus. What touched me the most as a 13 year old girl was this lady didn’t owe me or my family anything yet she freely gave us her time and resources. That changed my life and I try to follow the example she set in the hope I can be a blessing to others.
Amen Brother! I love Victory’s Ministry! Love Thanksgiving! It is a beautiful celebration! God bless you all! Love your testimony moeinnola! God bless you all!
Amen! Pastor I pray this love with flow more often , I agree I love the ministry our church reaches out love feed the multitudes, I pray I would be more senstive to those he places in my life!! Thank you wish I could be there on Tuesday thought about you guys!!:)