Goodness Personified

"May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all...so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father…” (1Thessalonians 3:12,13).

It is as we grow in love that we become holy. How can that be? Well, it's because love “is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1Corinthians 13:4-7). 

Holiness of life is made perfect in and through love. Aim at holiness and you'll become a fusty, finger-wagging prude. Aim at love and by God’s grace and in due time you will become holy—goodness and beauty personified. 

David Roper

10.10.18