Love’s Fragrant Outreach {a devotional}
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12.
God
would have His children realize that in order to glorify Him their
affection must be given to those who most need it.... No selfishness, in
look, word, or deed, is to be manifested when dealing with those of
like precious faith, ... whether they be high or low, rich or poor. The
love that gives kind words to only a few, while others are treated with
coldness and indifference, is not love, but selfishness. It will not in
any way work for the good of souls or the glory of God. Our love ... is
not to be sealed up for special ones, to the neglect of others. Break
the bottle, and the fragrance will fill the house.
Those
who gather the sunshine of Christ’s righteousness, and do not let it
shine forth into the lives of others, will soon lose the sweet, bright
rays of heavenly grace, selfishly reserved to be lavished only upon a
few. Those who possess much affection are responsible to God to bestow
this affection ... on all who need help....
To
love as Christ loved means to manifest unselfishness at all times and
in all places, by kind words and pleasant looks. These cost those who
give them nothing, but they leave behind a fragrance that surrounds the
soul. Their effect can never be estimated. Not only are they a blessing
to the receiver, but to the giver; for they react upon him. Genuine love
is a precious attribute of heavenly origin, which increases in
fragrance in proportion as it is dispensed to others....
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