[September 8]
[Love] thinketh no evil. I Corinthians 13:5
HAVE I the spirit of love which "thinketh no evil,"
which is guileless, not suspicious of evil or looking for
faults in others, not attributing to them evil motives?
Have I the love which seeks always to interpret the
conduct of others charitably, to make all possible allowance
for errors in judgment rather than to impugn
the motives of the heart? Perfect love is good intentioned
itself; it prefers and, so far as possible, endeavors
to view the words and conduct of others from
the same standpoint. It does not treasure up animosities
and suspicions, nor manufacture a chain of circumstantial
proofs of evil intentions out of trivial
affairs. "Faults are thick where love is thin," is a very
wise proverb. Z'11-423 R4918:5(Hymn 109)