Loving with the spirit God wishes us to have

[littleone]

Whew! I was looking at 1 Corinthians 13 and using the dictionary I looked at three words. Patience, Kind and Trust.
Patience: endures, tolerates, unwearied, uncomplaining, long suffering and serene.Kind: assist, aid, lend a hand and facilitate.Trust: faith, believe and hope.

So what are the best ways of being all of these and not swaying to the other side, or becoming disgrunted with the fact that your partner might spend much money on say, cigerettes and there isn’t much for food, or you are the worker away from home and he has a so called addiction.You must have a very strong “trust” in God and the Holy Spirit wouldn’t you think?

 

[littleone]

I wonder how people who have an addicted partner gain strength to relate to others they know or live with in the form of 1 Corinth 13? do you know

 

[littleone]

Could the answer be in a combination of contemplative and charismatic relating to the situation as the spirit would lead?

 

[water]

Whew! I was looking at 1 Corinthians 13 and using the dictionary I looked at three words. Patience, Kind and Trust.

So what are the best ways of being all of these and not swaying to the other side

I could think of “Love”. Be kind/patience/trust to other with love. Loving someone is to bring that person closer to God.

 

[Deidre]

Whew! I was looking at 1 Corinthians 13 and using the dictionary I looked at three words. Patience, Kind and Trust.
Patience: endures, tolerates, unwearied, uncomplaining, long suffering and serene.Kind: assist, aid, lend a hand and facilitate.Trust: faith, believe and hope.

So what are the best ways of being all of these and not swaying to the other side, or becoming disgrunted with the fact that your partner might spend much money on say, cigerettes and there isn’t much for food, or you are the worker away from home and he has a so called addiction.You must have a very strong “trust” in God and the Holy Spirit wouldn’t you think?

littleone,
I’m not quite sure what you’re asking but I’m sensing the need to share an experience.
There’s a person in my life whom I love. Several years ago, this person became verbally abusive and I wasn’t totally sure it wasn’t going to turn physical. I wasn’t sure how to handle the situation, because I truly wanted to love him the way God loves me. I focused on 1 Cor 13 “Love is patient…” I felt that I kept needing to forgive him and not abandon him despite this abuse, because I knew that God would never abandon me.
Well, I nearly lost my mind - and the rest of my family. I finally sought the advise of my pastor. What he said surprised me but it worked. He told me that I could continue to love this person and I could continue to pray for him - but I couldn’t continue to let him abuse me. He pointed out that the abuse was destroying me and the rest of my family. In essence, I felt he gave me God’s permission to ‘let go’ of this relationship and give it totally to God, which I did. I didn’t stop loving him - I just loved him from afar.
Several months later this person came back into my life - without the abuse. Our relationship has almost totally healed.
I share this with you because I see now, that I should have sought spiritual advise long before I did. Loving other people the way God does can be tricky business! And in some situations, it’s wise to discuss it with someone learned in the ways of God!