1 Thessalonians 2:7-8
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
How much should you give others if you want to obey the commands of God? We usually don’t ask how much we have to give because we’re hoping to give more. Usually we want off the hook because we angrily imagine we’ve already given enough. People need more time, more compassion, more understanding, more intrusion and give so little in return. Sort of sounds like motherhood.
How do we give like mothers give? We lovingly ask a different question. Instead of trying to hit the minimum required to fulfill our obligations to others, we need to ask what more you can do to show the overflowing love you feel for this person. God can teach you love. It is one of the great blessings of our universe that obediently showing others love will be followed, sooner than you expect, by feeling genuine love. Try it and see.
Prayer prompt: Lord, help me to quickly feel the love I should feel for those You have dropped in my life like a gift.