From time to time, I need to give myself the following check-up:

Taken from I Corinthians 13:1- 8a
     Am I a gifted speaker yet without love? Is my speech only noise and more noise?
     Do I have vast knowledge and even faith yet not have love? Then “I am nothing.”
     Am I sacrificial and even a martyr yet have not love? Then “it profits me nothing.”

When I choose to love others, it is for my lifetime!

     Am I patient with others with love as my motive?
     Am I kind toward others with my motive: love?
     Am I jealous of another, is envy one of my character traits?
     Am I a braggart, boasting about “me,” “my” accomplishments, “my” money, “my” position, “my” power, “my”… you supply the word?
     Am I arrogant, a know-it-all?
     Am I proud and have a condescending attitude toward others?
    

     Do I treat others with rudeness?
     Do I predicate everything; filter everything, through how I am affected?
     Do I respond with anger toward others? Do I initiate anger in others?

     How long is my list against those who have “done me wrong”?
     How do I react when another is brought down – do I delight in their misfortune?
     Do I rejoice when truth triumphs? Is my mind-set such that I recognize the truth of God in the “today”?

     Am I protective of the reputation of others?
     Am I trusting God and His love, His mercy, His grace, His faithfulness for me?
     Where do I place my hope?
     In what area do I want to give up in defeat?
     What do I need to do to persevere?

What is the one thing I am never to forget? God’s love never fails!