No Records Found

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres"- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV).

I watched a movie last night, where a man was trying to do the right thing. His old friend wasn't happy about the change in the man's life and reminded him that he had been a thief, a liar and a murder..."you can't get away from that." Yes, he can. We all can. By God's grace we are set free from our former selves (Ephesians 2:8). Today's verse is taken from Chapter 13, also called the "Love Chapter." Love "keeps no record of wrong." I could only imagine the depth and breadth of a book that recorded all the wrongs I've committed in my life. It would be monolithic in size and leave me feeling defeated and hopeless. Praise God there would be no records found in a search of my wrong deeds. I reread the verses above and substituted God in place of the word love. How convicting is it to substitute your name in place of the word love? "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love" (1 John 4:8).