A New Kind of Love
Receive God’s love, then give it a deliberate form through patience, kindness, generosity, or forgiveness.
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and a practiced walk. First Corinthians 13 shows us what that visibility looks like. Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not keep turning every conversation back toward itself. It is not easily provoked. It rejoices in truth. It continues to believe, hope, and endure. Those are not vague feelings. They are choices with names. Here is a practice for today. Think of one person you are likely to meet, message, or remember. Ask yourself: what would patience look like with this person? What would kindness look like? Perhaps it means listening without preparing your reply. Perhaps it means giving credit, releasing an old score, answering gently, or doing one generous thing that cannot repay you. Choose one expression of love before the moment arrives. Let the decision be small enough to do and real enough to cost you something—your hurry, your pride, or your need to be right. You are not tr