Covered With Love

Looking up while driving over the Mighty Mac to cross the Straits of Mackinac.



 

Proverbs 10:12 tells us that “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all sins.” NIV  

One of the things I love about our worship arts team is the absence of strife. When someone is wrong we are not afraid to admit it, because it is a safe environment for us to make mistakes in. Offences are extremely rare, because we consider the other people in the group before self.

According to I Corinthians 3:3, it is our own carnality that causes strife. I Corinthians 13 shows us a better way to live by the love and grace of God. By surrendering our lives daily to Christ we find love at work in our lives.  We are patient with each other and ourselves.  We are kind to each other. We do not envy each other, but seek the best for each other. We do not keep a list of mistakes or weaknesses of each other.  We defend each other and are glad when another is honored.

We are not perfect and sometimes we fall short, but it seems God is maturing each of us through His love.  As we grow in knowing personally the one who is love, we also grow in loving others. Sin can show up in any one of us from time to time, but love seems to cover the sin so that we can see the other person or even ourselves in a clearer light – the light of Christ and through the eyes of love.