Criticism focuses on the speck in anothers eye and magnifies it until that small flaw becomes the focus of converstion and thinking both to the criticizor and the one being criticized. It destroys people's worth and value, makes one feel that the only thing that defines that person is that flaw, that imperfection.
Love is different. Love looks and searches intently for the good in people, love is meriful and ready to forgive, love loves unconditionally in the face of sin. Love accepts from a ground of grace. Unonditional and unmerited favour.
Love encourages and nourishes the good, what is noble, what is excellent to grow, it does rebuke flaws and faults but does so in a way that protects the person's worth and re-affirms value of the person. Love gently but boldly rebukes sin, but is humble and contrite.
Love also calls for wrath when sin is repeatly unrepented of, love is fierce, love protects is fiery to protect the good, and prevent the corruption of all that is pure and good by evil.
Love is strong and bold, it inititates, it plans, it finishes in power through its brother, faith.
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