Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. – (Romans 12:10, NIV)
Love each other in a way that makes you feel close like brothers and sisters. And give each other more honor than you give to yourself. – (Romans 12:10, ERV)
Live in true devotion to one another, loving each other as sisters and brothers. Be first to honor others by putting them first. – (Romans 12:10, VOICE)
It is a gift to find friends that become family. This transpires when those with whom one keeps company love and honor each other with intention. To put others first, requires a determination to listen, love and care for them like family. We are beyond blessed to have friends that have become family to us. After four days of a wonderful getaway together, I am all the more grateful for our framily. (Friends who have become family) There is a mutual love and appreciation for one another that creates safe space and freedom to be oneself. May we ever seek the Lord to lead us to be devoted to one another in love, and show us how to put others first in the way that He intended.
Choose be devoted,
In love and in grace;
Honor each other,
In every way.
With love, choose listen,
Let each heart be heard;
Notice the actions,
Love with more than words.
Each heart is a gift,
Sisters and brothers;
To learn, love and grow,
Purpose together.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of friends who become family. Thank You for real life examples of what it is to love and honor each other as You intended. Forgive us for the times that we have neglected to do so. Teach us to view others through Your lens of love so that we may love and honor others like You. Show us how to love in such a way that those around us see Your heart and know their worth. May many come into a lasting relationship with You. Be glorified O God, as we love those You have brought into our lives as family. Amen.
© Shannon Elizabeth Grabrick and Revelations in Writing, May 2011 – present
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – 1 John 4:11
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