Love is the Greatest

1Cor. 13:4        Love is patient and kind,

This is my benchmark with God.

 If I am impatient or unkind I believe I am out of alignment with God. The sooner recognize impatience and unkindness the sooner I draw on His patience and kindness, then Joy and peace returns.

“Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy— it is drawing from Jesus the very holiness that was exhibited in Him, and that He now exhibits in me. Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation. Imitation is something altogether different.” Oswald Chambers

The crucible, At first was hard, but in the process, I began to see the peace & freedom it affords. Today it is my most cherished time with God.

benchmark | ˈben(t)SHˌmärk | noun,  a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. 

crucible | ˈkro͞osəb(ə)l | noun,  a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new: their relationship was forged in the crucible of war.