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"We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God." 1 Corinthians 8: 1b-3.

"Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up."

So, does that mean the man who simply writes about loving others and posts his writings on the internet for all to see but fails in love is actually a hypocrite? Merely puffed up?



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I would rather be ignorant and loving than knowledgeable and full of air. Therefore, if you must fail your test, lose your job, put off writing your sermon or even paying the bills, miss a game, get out of bed when your sick, or even hold back in telling all the wonderful insights you have in order to truely love someone from down deep in your soul, and let them see a glimpse of Christ then let it be. The reward itself will be in the letting go and in the freely loving.

Slow down. Minimize this window right now, and tell the person closest to you that you love them--that they are truely important and beautiful. Go...right now...seriously, go. Do we hesitate because the person closest to us is not beautiful in our eyes? Well, the Jesus in you (if he is truely in you) wants them to know that they are, indeed, lovely.

Just conversing about it will puff up, but practicing it will provide a true connection with God.