Day one-hundred-fifty-eight

I had a realization after publishing yesterday's post. I realize that it wasn't that I didn't want to go to the Doulos picnic (which is going on as I write this), it was that I didn't want to be bothered with going. I now wish I had gone. I just might've had a good time.

I've started reading through 1 Peter today. In Chapter 1, Peter reminds his readers that we are to love one another fervently, that is, with conviction, passion, or zeal. I haven't really made much effort to demonstrate that sort of love to others. I've just finished reading through the epistles of 1-3 John, and a recurring theme throughout is hospitality. I don't make the effort to extend hospitality to others that I ought to be. 

It's just so easy not to do it, when I know in my mind and heart that it is both honoring to God and and a blessing for me. And I don't do it like I know I should.

Pray that I would cultivate an active love for others, a love that honors The Lord and His love for us.