Loving Boldly: Selfishness

Loving Boldly

This blog began as an accountability tool for my spiritual journey. Over the past few months, it has not only served as a place to record my spiritual goals, but also a place for me to share the wonderful and crazy things my children surprise me with on a daily basis. So "Loving Boldly" is a mixture of documentation of my own personal walk with God as well as my journey as a new mom.

The term "loving boldly" came from a book I read. It's my goal to love my family and friends with a bold love, one that is unconditional and Christ-like. It was the basis of my initial spiritual journey, and it will always be the common thread that ties all of my entries together. My constant prayer is for God to love the people in my life through me, that He will give me what I need to demonstrate His perfect love to those around me.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Selfishness

I have NEVER considered myself a selfish person....until recently. My daily Bible readings have shed some light on how selfishly I behave sometimes.

1 Corinthians 13:5 says "love does not seek it's own."
Philippians 2:3 says "Do nothing from selfish or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves."
Proverbs 25:24 "Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife." Whoa!!!!! I know I can be a stinker sometimes, and I pick at stupid, trivial things that bug me when I need to just let them go.
Luke 6:31 Treat others as you want to be treated. (paraphrase)
1 Corinthians 13:7 "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

All of these verses describe how God wants us to love others, but we can't do it in our own power. This kind of love and selflessness only comes from Him. That's where I continue to fail. I try to do things in my own strength instead of depending on Him. God help me to joyfully put others first.