Letter to the Corinthians.
February is amazing since love is the epitome of the month and I was glad to wake up to a ping of these amazing verses in Corinthians. 1st Corinthians 13; 1–4 “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
This right here, most times when we are going through challenges for example anxiety, depression we are foul its through speech, facial appearances and reactions to any slight inconvenience while with love its a whole different mood. I tend to regret when I am in the phase of anxiety unlike when I am love filled including making the right decisions and ignoring the bad vibes. In most cases that’s why people might view an individual as a bad person or a good person, depending at the time they interacted with said people. Most times they will be the bad person in someones books since they interacted with them at their worst.
1st Corinthians 13; 4 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” Love comes in many ways most importantly filial love. Filial love is the greatest love in my opinion, its raw and satisfying. Like a mother’s love, where she will go to the world’s end so that her child is happy and comfortable.
And you know what most times people don’t even realise when they hurt others (Its not narcissistic in some scenarios), Most people barely know what’s happening. Thats the good thing with filial love, the people around you will often love you for who you are and accommodate you with the possibility of giving you space to find yourself.
Most times, they say its good for a person to know their authentic true selves cause without knowing oneself others will define you. I know I am someones bad story or another person’s good story (I try to become a better person everyday). I am glad to always notice my flaws and I am a genuinely confused person. Other times I will blatantly tell you my flaws before I interact or begin a conversation.
I don’t know why we often shun the good people. When some one is so nice I try to poke holes to make the person leave me or distance themselves from me. At times thinking I am the most toxic person and thinking such people deserve better. Instead your friends will often stick around as you are a nice person. It always happens to me when a person is nice, trust I will ignore them, be rude sometimes so that they are not in my space, but what’s the aftermath regret. However their will always be individuals who persist, they always see the good in you. They accomodate you, bypass your ego and awkwardness to better oneself.
However when a person is so toxic you all go in. Why as humans do we always despise the good, we always want the next second best that’s not nice?
Love should always flow through us that we always give back through love to the community. God always places the people we need to transform us into our next stages in life. I thank God that he blesses me with beautiful souls. I often remember always asking Lydia why are you so nice, “ I want to live a Christ led journey”. Lydia is patient, kind whenever I read Corinthians I remember her love. Some weekends I would be going for an outing and she’s going for a night prayer and she will call me jangu; “Scarlet let me pray for you and be safe, God loves you you know.” Do you know the guilt when she waits for me to come back later and shares the scriptures she learnt that day; that’s pure love out there. The “Olokoka di” comes in later.
All in all let's try to embrace love in this new week and year by repetitively affirming to Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians and blessings shall surely overflow.
