“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude…” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5)
Let’s pick up the subject of love again and continue from where we left off. I hope you are beginning to realise that what love is NOT or does NOT do seems to dominate the nature of love more than what love is or does. This negation is important to emphasize what we need to avoid in order to demonstrate love.
Love is not rude. To be rude is to be lacking in refinement or civility. To be rude is to be careless about how your words or actions affect the other person. Some define rudeness as being raw.
To love someone requires that your words and actions towards them are as polite and polished as possible, being highly considerate and sensitive to their feelings. Thoughts and emotions are often raw. But if you’re able to refine them before converting them into words then you’re polite.
Rudeness is a sign of weakness over one’s emotions and disregard for the emotions of others.
Politeness is so powerful hence, “…a gentle tongue can break a bone.” (Proverbs 25:15)
How do you speak to the other person when you feel offended or angry? How do you correct when you think the other person is in the wrong? Can you insult someone today and claim you love them tomorrow?
Always measure how you convert your thoughts and emotions into words and keep in mind that love is not rude.
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