One of the reasons I am grateful for God in my life, is because God teaches me to love.
It is not that I was unaware of love before I consciously aware of God. It is more the case that my appreciation and awareness of love is far greater as I grow in knowing what it is to know Love.
This is a very important thing for me, because of my tendency to be harsh and critical about people and institutions. When I would want to throw my hands in despair and rant and rave about the shortcomings and inadequacies of something or someone, thank God love shuts my mouth and changes my heart to see rather than an incompetent and inept situation, rather having a compassionate need to work alongside them to make things right.
This is made easier by the reflection of that taking place in my life where Jesus didn’t consign me to the waste dump of history, but rather, through people and opportunities, worked in and through me to recognise issues and engage with them in the light of Him.
Thank God for grace.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
Life With CD 
Such a simple observation, yet so deeply and quietly expressed. It certainly causes the same note to vibrate in my own heart as I read it.
I wonder if you’ve heard of Henry Drummond? He was an 18th century Scotsman and wrote a wonderful essay on love, ‘The greatest thing in the world’. See more at http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2010/12/thought-what-is-greatest-gift-to-grasp.html
Dear Chris (brilliant first name, may I say)
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment on this blog post, I am grateful and duly humbled. Having come across your blog now, I know the standard that I must reach when I grow up! I had never heard of Henry Drummond, but the post you wrote updating his Victorian piece was masterful and thought-provoking in the simplicity of remembering what the greatest gift of all remains. Thank you for sharing it. Now that I’ve come across your blog and a number of intriguing articles on it, I hope to keep on track with developments where you are concerned!
Thanks again.