"...Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts."
1 Corinthians 12:30-31
"Go on," I urged St. Paul after today's cliff-hanger first reading abruptly stopped. What are the greatest spiritual gifts? I picked up the bible and read beyond today's actual reading and found the beautiful reading about Love. "If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal..." (1 Corinthians 13--you know the reading, you probably had it at your wedding!) It ends, "The greatest of these is love." (v. 13) Yes. The desire to do good we experience comes from God, but we still have the free will to do it with love. Or not. We can do good works, say the right things, even put a good message in a blog, but if we don't do it with love, it really doesn't work. The action is nullified if there isn't love behind the action. This is really tough because sometimes, we just may not feel the love. We can certainly pray often, "Lord, please fill me with your love...it's a whole lot bigger than mine! Let my action reflect your love!" I'm sure God will be happy to oblige us there. God relies on us to spread love through the world and everything we do needs to reflect God's love...it is truly the greatest spiritual gift. Love, heidi
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