The verse that I'm memorizing recently is Proverbs 3:3 which says, "Let love and faithfulness never leave you, bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."
My NIV study bible provided a cross reference to this verse and explained in Proverbs 3:22, "they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck"
<< love and faithfulness are not a burden, when I first read this, I imagined binding something heavy around your neck to signify love and faithfulness, but God wants us to wear it as an adornment. Love and faithfulness are things that only make the wearer more beautiful and attractive to be around >>
Love (n) : an intense affectionate concern for another person
Faithfulness (adj) : true to one's word, vows, promises
We are called to love everyone, regardless of what they can offer in return. We are called to have an intense affectionate concern toward every single person that we encounter.
In Matthew 22: 37-40 Jesus says, "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 and the second is like it: 'love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Are your actions edifying God through your love and faithfulness?
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