Linkin' Up to Love

A breakthrough! I think I may have actually figured out how to post links. Everybody applaud for me. Or laugh at my complete lack of technical ability. No, really, I want you to laugh at me. I'm learning humility.

28 Days Of Love

My blogger friend Katie started a linky party to learn about putting love into practice. Check it out, link yourself up and join the party. You know you want to.

Here's the short version - read 1 Corinthians 13. Then prepare to do the following for the next 7 days:

Week 1

Day 1: Meet a Need. Ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to someone's need you can meet today. When the need presents itself, act. Meet the need without expecting anything in return. Thank the Lord for using you to bless someone else.

Day 2: Don't react. When wronged, offended, or slighted today, resolve by the Spirit's power to allow Him to produce a "longsuffering" spirit in you that doesn't react or strike back. Let it go. Overcome evil with good.

Day 3: Give something away. Loving always involves giving. Bless someone by giving them something of value-some money, an item, some time, your attention (just don't give them a piece of your mind) "Its is more blessed to give than to receive."

Day 4: Pray for an enemy. Instead of stirring up your anger by replaying that person's wrong against you, pray for him or her. Ask God for the grace to love your enemies by praying His blessings upon them.

Day 5: Write a note. Let someone know how much you value their friendship or appreciate their contribution by writing, texting, or emailing a note. Make the effort to communicate what is in your heart. Take some time and write more than a sentence or two.

Day 6: Spread some joy today. Do a random act of kindness for an unsuspecting person.

Day 7: Initiate something. Take a small risk. Go out of your way to talk with someone you don't really know. Engage them in a conversation about something that interests them. Show genuine interest, learn what you can about them, and review it later in your mind.

So get busy and start loving!

A special thanks to MacGyver who figured out how to add links after I discovered that my link was still not appearing. Engineers. Gotta love them.