January 15, 2024

January 15: Rejoice and Be Glad.

Celebrate the Truth.
Love is patient....It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.--1 Corinthians 13:4, 6, ESV

LOVE "REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, but rejoiceth in the truth."  He whose heart is imbued with love is filled with sorrow at the errors and weaknesses of others; but when truth triumphs, when the cloud that darkened the fair fame of another is removed, or when sins are confessed and wrongs corrected, he rejoices.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, 169.

The word of God--the truth--is the channel through which the Lord manifests His Spirit and power.  Obedience to the word produces fruit of the required quality--"unfeigned love of the brethren."  This love is heaven-born and leads to high motives and unselfish actions.--The Acts of the Apostles, 519.

                      Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth
                          through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren,
                            love one another fervently with a pure heart.
                                                                           --1 Peter 1:22, NKJV

                              Love isn't easily upset,
                        Love doesn't tally wrongs or celebrate injustice;
                           but truth--yes, truth--is love's delight!
                              
                                            --1 Corinthians 13:5, 6, VOICE