love hopes all things....

Love hopes all things…

It is easy to be negative right now with economic tensions, moral decay, and seasonal distresses. Some people are just naturally more cheerful than others. We tend to want to hang with those who are upbeat more than the dark and down! Are we captives of our disposition or is there hope for change? As we move closer to Christ being formed in us I am convinced our disposition should improve. I want to briefly explore a few principles that point to this promise.

1 Cor. 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.


We find the suggestion here that walking in Love makes one hopeful. The hopeful person believes things will be better Even if circumstances don’t improve this person trusts they will come thru ok. Love produces a positive mode of endurance whatever life throws at us!

Phil. 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things

Here we have practical instruction on how to avoid those dark places of mental captivity. I will avoid a lengthy unpacking as the passage is pretty much self explanatory!

mickey mooney
www.networkvine.org